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  • Trouble at Fort LaPointe: An American Girl History Mystery

    Kathleen Ernst, Carine Montbertrand, Recorded Books

    Audiobook (Recorded Books, April 8, 2008)
    In order for Suzette's papa to stay with his Ojibwe family year round, he must win the fur-trapping competition at Fort LaPointe Island in Lake Superior. But a troublemaker is sabotaging the competition-and making it seem like her papa's fault! To keep her family together, Suzette must use both her French and Ojibwe heritage to solve a dangerous mystery in this thrilling mix of historical fact and fiction.
  • Trouble at Fort La Pointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    eBook (Open Road Media Teen & Tween, July 8, 2014)
    Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery: In 1732, a twelve-year-old girl of Ojibwe and French heritage must clear her father of a stealing charge—or risk being separated from him foreverSuzette Choudoir always looks forward to summer, when her family leaves the Ojibwe people’s winter camp and returns to the summer gathering place on La Pointe Island. This year her papa, a French fur trader, hopes to win a trappers’ competition. If he does, he can remain with his family year-round, instead of paddling away to far-off Montreal in autumn. When someone steals a bale of valuable furs, however, suspicion falls on Papa.Determined to find the real thief, Suzette gathers clues and tries to track down the missing furs. But it will take all of her courage to clear her father’s name. If she can’t, her family will be forced to leave La Pointe Island in disgrace, and Suzette—a black-haired, blue-eyed girl of mixed cultural heritage—may never find a true home. This ebook includes a historical afterword.
  • Trouble at Fort Lapointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    Paperback (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2000)
    In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest so that he can quit being a voyageur and stay with his family year-round, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.
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  • Trouble at Fort Lapointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    Hardcover (Amer Girl Pub, Sept. 1, 2000)
    In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest so that he can quit being a voyageur and stay with his family year-round, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.
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  • Trouble at Fort La Pointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    Paperback (Skyview Books, July 15, 2009)
    Suzette Choudoir has spent each of her twelve summers at La Pointe Island on Lake Superior, where Ojibwe people camp by the French fur-trade fort. It is 1732 and if her papa wins the trappers' competition, the prize will let him stay with his Ojibwe family year-round instead of wintering in far-off Montréal with the other French voyageurs. But a troublemaker sabotages the competition, and Papa. Only someone who's both Ojibwe and French can figure out what's going on -- someone like Suzette. This book includes a richly illustrated "Peak Into The Past" essay, glosseries of French and Ojibwe words, and an author's note.
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  • Trouble at Fort La Pointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    Library Binding (Windmill Books, Aug. 1, 2009)
    Suzette Choudoir has spent each of her twelve summers at La Pointe Island on Lake Superior, where Ojibwe people camp by the French fur-trade fort. It is 1732 and if her papa wins the trappers' competition, the prize will let him stay with his Ojibwe family year-round instead of wintering in far-off Montréal with the other French voyageurs. But a troublemaker sabotages the competition, and Papa. Only someone who's both Ojibwe and French can figure out what's going on -- someone like Suzette. This book includes a detailed "Peak Into The Past" essay, glosseries of French and Ojibwe words, and an author's note.
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  • Trouble at Fort La Pointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    School & Library Binding (Rebound by Sagebrush, Sept. 16, 2000)
    A 2001 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee for Best Children's Mystery! Suzette Choudoir has spent each of her twelve summers at La Pointe Island on Lake Superior, where Ojibwe people camp by the French fur-trade fort. It is 1732 and if her papa wins the trappers' competition, the prize will let him stay with his Ojibwe family year-round instead of wintering in far-off Montréal with the other French voyageurs. But a troublemaker sabotages the competition, and Papa. Only someone who's both Ojibwe and French can figure out what's going on -- someone like Suzette.
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  • Trouble at Fort LA Pointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    Paperback (Demco Media, Feb. 1, 2002)
    In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest so that he can quit being a voyageur and stay with his family year-round, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use herknowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.
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  • Trouble at Fort La Pointe

    Kathleen Ernst

    Hardcover (American Girl, March 15, 1701)
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