Suzette/A'wajac lives near a fur trading post at Lake Superior in 1732. Her mother is an Ojibwe Indian and her father is a Frenchman. Her father, Philippe, wants to stay with her and her mother, but the trapping company he works for demands that he returns to France for most of the year. If he can pay off a year of debt, however, he can stay with his family year-round. He has entered into a contest to see who can catch the most furs in a season to pay off the debt. Unfortunately, some furs have recently been stolen, which calls off the entire contest! Even worse, Philippe is the number one suspect!
It seemed like the kind of plot you could copy and paste into any setting. There was nothing new about the story besides the time period. It reminds me of pretty much every single other children's mystery book I've read. The setting did add some interest to it, and it was by no means a bad read, but if you read this book, don't expect to think about it for hours afterwards.
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