The Case of the Missing Auntie (A Mighty Muskrat Mystery #2)

by Michael Hutchinson (Author)

The Case of the Missing Auntie (A Mighty Muskrat Mystery #2)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
The Mighty Muskrats are off to the city to have fun at the Exhibition Fair. But when Chickadee asks Grandpa what he would like them to bring back from the city, she learns about Grandpa's missing little sister. She was, they learn, scooped years ago--like many Indigenous children, the government had arranged for her adoption by strangers without her parents' permission. Now the Mighty Muskrats have a new case to solve: uncovering the whereabouts of Grandpa's long-lost sister. Once in the bright lights of the big city, the cousins get distracted, face off with bullies, meet some heroes and unlikely teachers, and experience many of the difficulties Indigenous kids often face in the city. Their search for their missing auntie takes them all the way to the government and reveals hard truths about their country's treatment of Indigenous kids and families.
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Kirkus Reviews

A compelling “urban bush” adventure that offers light and reconciliation to dark truths. 

Review quotes

"What is so unique about Hutchinson's book is the seamless way that he integrates real issues, among them the impact of the residential schools system and the resulting traumas it caused in the lives of so many Indigenous people, into the novel, while never losing the tension of the mystery that the Muskrats are trying to solve. It's exciting and deeply moving and a must-read for middle-grade readers."— "The Globe and Mail"
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781772601176
Lexile Measure
640
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Second Story Press
Publication date
March 20, 2020
Series
A Mighty Muskrat Mystery
BISAC categories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
JUV030090 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Canada - Native Canadian
Library of Congress categories
Brothers and sisters
Race relations
Indians of North America
Mystery and detective stories
Bullying
Investigation
Missing persons
Canada
Cousins
Great-aunts
Fairs
Cree Indians
Government relations

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