Crooked Foot

While hunting, Crooked Foot—a boy less than two-hands old—and his grandfather encounter Tawasiki, the-bear-who-roams-along-the-Great-Ice. Crooked Foot remembers nights sitting near the campfire and listened to old men—hunters from long ago—who loudly told many stories, but spoke only in hushed voices of this creature lest the animal overheard their words and came for them. Now, the creature that everyone feared was here. It gave chase and trapped Crooked Foot in the debris of a log jam at the bend of the river. Crooked Foot can hear the bear pace overhead as it searches for him. He can also hear rats scurrying around waiting for him to drop his guard. The icy-cold water at his feet is getting deeper signaling the beginning of spring floods. How will he manage to escape?
During the night, raiders attack Little Fawn's village. They intend to make everyone a slave of the despot Kam Udo. Can she come up with a plan that will free herself and her people?
Can Waving Grass, daughter of Running Buffalo, Chief of the Attikamekey get help from Small Turtle in her search to find lost tribe members?
By the time you reach the end of the book you will have answers to these and other questions.