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A review by laura_cs
The Case of the Missing Auntie by Michael Hutchinson
5.0
I received an ARC of this title from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
A trip to the city leads to a new mystery for the Mighty Muskrats!
Before leaving Windy Lakes for a week in the city, Chickadee asks the cousins' grandfather what he might like them to bring back from the trip. The answer is shocking: Grandpa would like to find his little sister. Charlotte was lost in the Sixties Scoop--when many Indigenous children were stolen from their families and reservations, taken to residential schools or adopted to white families as a form of forced assimilation. Chickadee and the other Muskrats don't know where to begin their search in the big, intimidating city. And when an old friend enters the picture, things become even more complicated. Is this case too big for the Muskrats?
Move over Boxcar Children and all other adolescent detectives, the Mighty Muskrats are making their mark on the genre and the world. Hutchinson doesn't flinch from addressing hard topics--the aforementioned Sixties Scoop, the deplorable treatment of Indigenous children in residential schools, poverty, racism, and more--and presents the information in a way for kids (and adults!) to comprehend easily, despite how large and heavy those topics may be. Chickadee, Atim, Otter and Samuel work together to find their missing auntie, echoing the real-world struggle of First Nations Canadians in finding their own lost family and--by proxy--lost culture and heritage.
Very interested to see what mysteries continue to await the Mighty Muskrats and what adventures they'll have in Windy Lakes and beyond!
A trip to the city leads to a new mystery for the Mighty Muskrats!
Before leaving Windy Lakes for a week in the city, Chickadee asks the cousins' grandfather what he might like them to bring back from the trip. The answer is shocking: Grandpa would like to find his little sister. Charlotte was lost in the Sixties Scoop--when many Indigenous children were stolen from their families and reservations, taken to residential schools or adopted to white families as a form of forced assimilation. Chickadee and the other Muskrats don't know where to begin their search in the big, intimidating city. And when an old friend enters the picture, things become even more complicated. Is this case too big for the Muskrats?
Move over Boxcar Children and all other adolescent detectives, the Mighty Muskrats are making their mark on the genre and the world. Hutchinson doesn't flinch from addressing hard topics--the aforementioned Sixties Scoop, the deplorable treatment of Indigenous children in residential schools, poverty, racism, and more--and presents the information in a way for kids (and adults!) to comprehend easily, despite how large and heavy those topics may be. Chickadee, Atim, Otter and Samuel work together to find their missing auntie, echoing the real-world struggle of First Nations Canadians in finding their own lost family and--by proxy--lost culture and heritage.
Very interested to see what mysteries continue to await the Mighty Muskrats and what adventures they'll have in Windy Lakes and beyond!