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Reviewed on May 1, 2001
Gr 1-4 This bland story stiffly illustrated with paintings of ill-proportioned people does not compel much interest. James falls out of his Scottish immigrant family's wagon during a snowstorm on the Canadian prairie and is rescued by a man who identifies himself only as Louis. Waiting out the blizzard in his small cabin, the two bake gallette, as the man calls it, or bannock, as James stubbornly insists it should be called. Three days la...Log In or Sign Up to Read More