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Grade 5-9-Opening with the surprise attack on Fort Michilimackinac in 1763, this novel recounts the journey that has brought one 13-year-old Odawa boy to this fateful battle. Leaving Fort Detroit just before the siege that began Pontiac's Rebellion, Makow and his grandfather, Lame Beaver, travel back to his family's homeland for the boy's vision quest. As they canoe across Lake St. Clair, up the S... More

Grade 5-9-Opening with the surprise attack on Fort Michilimackinac in 1763, this novel recounts the journey that has brought one 13-year-old Odawa boy to this fateful battle. Leaving Fort Detroit just before the siege that began Pontiac's Rebellion, Makow and his grandfather, Lame Beaver, travel back to his family's homeland for the boy's vision quest. As they canoe across Lake St. Clair, up the St. Clair River, and north along the western side of Lake Huron, Grandfather teaches him about his culture and his family. Angered by Lame Beaver's explanation of his name, Makow flees into the forest and ultimately joins a group of other Odawa youth going to join the attack on Michilimackinac. Panagopoulos has a reputation for both scholarly and experiential research in her historical novels, and it shows in the details of the journey. Her acknowledgement of several Anishinaabeg colleagues and elders seems to support the accuracy and authenticity of the language and customs in the story. Although the writing sometimes seems stilted and the plot is rather predictable, Mark is an enjoyable novel of one boy's personal epiphanies set in the context of indigenous tradition and colonial conflict.-Sean George, Memphis-Shelby County Public Library & Information Center, Memphis, TN

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