{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063064162?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"0063064162","authors":["Louise Erdrich"],"book_id":"9780063064164","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/the-birchbark-house-9780063064164","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780063064164.jpg?v=0ff6dd70c4399ca8","description":"A fresh new look for this National Book Award finalist by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Louise Erdrich! This is the first installment in an essential nine-book series chronicling one hundred years in the life of one Ojibwe family and includes charming interior black-and-white artwork done by the author. She was named Omakakiins, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakakiins and her family live on an island in Lake Superior. Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land, life continues much as it always has. But the satisfying rhythms of their life are shattered when a visitor comes to their lodge one winter night, bringing with him an invisible enemy that will change things forever—but that will eventually lead Omakakiins to discover her calling. By turns moving and humorous, this novel is a breathtaking tour de force by a gifted writer. The beloved and celebrated Birchbark House series by Louise Erdrich includes The Birchbark House , The Game of Silence , The Porcupine Year , Chickadee , and Makoons , with more titles to come.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780063064164","publication_date":"20241203","publisher":"HarperCollins","slug":"the-birchbark-house","subtitle":"","title":"The Birchbark House"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"JUV011040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"US: Native American Stories","score":0.8067,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV016140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"19th-Century U.S.","score":0.7895,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV004020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"US Biographies","score":0.7795,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"JUV011040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"US: Native American Stories","score":0.8067,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV016140","confidence_band":"medium","label":"19th-Century U.S.","score":0.7895,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV004020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"US Biographies","score":0.7795,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"JUV002000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Animal Stories","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV007000","confidence_band":"high","label":"The Classics","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV011040","confidence_band":"high","label":"US: Native American Stories","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV013030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Multigenerational Families","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV014000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Girls & Young Women","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV016140","confidence_band":"high","label":"19th-Century U.S.","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV016150","confidence_band":"high","label":"20th-Century U.S.","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"JUV016190","confidence_band":"high","label":"21st-Century U.S. Stories","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"US: Native American Stories","score":0.8067,"slug":"us-native-american-stories"},{"label":"19th-Century U.S.","score":0.7895,"slug":"19th-century-u-s"},{"label":"US Biographies","score":0.7795,"slug":"us-biographies"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in Ojibwe family life and culture","Readers drawn to stories of a young person discovering her calling"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Louise Erdrich"],"book_id":"9780062671196","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062671196.jpg?v=e1539f62372ff16b","score":0.7397,"title":"The Night Watchman","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062671196"},{"authors":["Laura Ingalls Wilder"],"book_id":"9780062483928","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062483928.jpg?v=8edf648b028e71f2","score":0.7159,"title":"Little House in the Big Woods","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062483928"},{"authors":["Laura Ingalls Wilder"],"book_id":"9780062484062","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062484062.jpg?v=3bf0433bc954c9ad","score":0.6954,"title":"On the Banks of Plum Creek","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062484062"},{"authors":["Laura Ingalls Wilder"],"book_id":"9780062484116","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062484116.jpg?v=443e9cae8b13f5b0","score":0.6931,"title":"The First Four Years","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062484116"},{"authors":["Angeline Boulley"],"book_id":"9781250328533","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250328533.jpg?v=496489abab441257","score":0.6907,"title":"Sisters in the Wind","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781250328533"},{"authors":["Angeline Boulley"],"book_id":"9781250394668","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250394668.jpg?v=e4867179847b57b7","score":0.6873,"title":"Warrior Girl Unearthed","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781250394668"},{"authors":["Laura Ingalls Wilder"],"book_id":"9780064433730","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780064433730.jpg?v=58b91d96d0d61087","score":0.6856,"title":"Winter Days in the Big Woods","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780064433730"},{"authors":["Bonnie Pryor"],"book_id":"9780688120313","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780688120313.jpg?v=9265973162f14674","score":0.6849,"title":"The House on Maple Street","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780688120313"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books for kids age 9 10 11 12"],"label":"Kids","score":1,"slug":"kids"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:books for 3 year old boys"],"label":"Year","score":0.8411,"slug":"year"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:toddler books ages 2 3 4"],"label":"Ages","score":0.2642,"slug":"ages"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:toddler books ages 2 3 4"],"label":"Toddler","score":0.1091,"slug":"toddler"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:series"],"label":"Series","score":0.0644,"slug":"series"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Ojibwe family life, Encroachment on Indigenous land, Discovering one's calling.","Themes: Kids, Year, Ages.","Reading lane: Us: Native American Stories and 19th Century U.s.."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.85,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Readers interested in Ojibwe family life and culture","Readers drawn to stories of a young person discovering her calling"],"themes":["Ojibwe family life","Encroachment on Indigenous land","Discovering one's calling"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":1234,"goodreads_ratings_count":13107,"goodreads_reviews_count":1796,"quality_score":0.9841}}