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The OrendaJoseph Boyden

The Orenda

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A visceral portrait of life at a crossroads, The Orenda opens with a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of the young Iroquois Snow Falls, a spirited girl with a special gift. Her captor, Bird, is an elder and one of the Huron Nation's great warriors and statesmen. It has been years since the murder of his family, and yet they are never far from his mind. In Snow Falls, Bird recognizes the ghost of his lost daughter and sees that the girl possesses powerful magic that will be useful to him on the troubled road ahead. Bird's people have battled the Iroquois for as long as he can remember, but…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2014
    Knopf · 433 pages · 9780385350730
  • Other · English · 2013
    Oneworld · 490 pages · 9781780744353
  • Other · English · 2013
    Hamish Hamilton · 490 pages · 9780670064182
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