SuitabookSettling amid hardship
Isobel’s family and other settlers encounter harsh conditions and threats amid rivalry between fur-trading companies; help from a local Cree band contributes to the family settling.Exploratory / explanatoryExploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.Exploratory / explanatory: the book explains or explores the subject without an established evaluative position.How the book presents it: The story connects the family’s efforts to build a life with both the wider trading rivalry and assistance from the Cree band.
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