A Family Tree

Grandma's garden was not just any garden. It was where a spruce tree, only as tall as baby Francis, reached her roots into the soil and stretched her branches toward the sky. Here, on the shore of Gichigamiing, is where Francis and the sapling felt right at home.

But when Grandma and Grandpa decide to move away, Francis wants to take the tree with them--can they?

Brimming with tenderness, A Family Tree by Staci Lola Drouillard traces the journey of one family and a little tree as they adapt to change by drawing on the strength of their roots.

Staci Lola Drouillard is a descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. She lives and works in her hometown of Grand Marais, on Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior. Be sure to look at her two award-winning adult books that we also stock: Walking the Old Road- a People's History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe and Seven Aunts.