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I've seen this book considered prehistoric fiction by a lot of people. And I even confused it for that at first myself. But this actually takes places somewhere around the 1300's to 1400's so it's not as far back as you would think. So while it may share some similarities with that genre, this book really shouldn't be compared to the Earth's Children Series or the Gear's prehistoric fiction.

Picture Maker is an important daughter in her tribe. Because of her tribe's equality of women, she has grown up being independent, even hunting, which is unusual for a good many of the other tribes she encounters. So when she is kidnapped, and forced to become a slave for an Algonquin man who degradingly calls her Mohawk (not her people's name for their tribe), it's a whole new world for her. But she longs for escape, and if escape is possible, there are a great many journeys in front of her.

It's hard to talk about all the characters in this book without giving too much of the plot away. The safest person to talk about, as a result, is Picture Maker herself. She's a wise woman for not having seen too many years. Even as a girl she carries herself well and makes good decisions. But she does have a lot of misfortune happen to her. It seems like she's always running up against a wall, but she never gives up. And that's what's admirable about her character. And of course not all the other characters are bad guys. She encounters good and bad everywhere she goes and that's what makes humans human. So the book was very realistic in that regard.

I kept expecting the plot to leap years at a time. But it never really did until the end. And I liked that we had the continual story of Picture Maker. Nothing was left out that way. I do have to say that her name, Picture Maker, and the significance attached to it led to a dead end. Nothing was ever really done with it. But she has an exciting tale and while parts of it are a little implausible, it was still fun to read. I do have to warn that there are several topics that could be potentially offensive to people. Cannibalism, rape, violence, and an un-popular view of Christianity are in this book. I thought everything made the story more realistic, but others may not think that way.

An interesting book and it covers a time and place that I hadn't thought much about before. I'd be interested in reading the sequel to this book.

Picture Maker
Copyright 2002
464 pages

Review by M. Reynard 2013


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Picture Maker A Novel Penina Keen Spinka 9780525946243 Books Reviews

Story of the life of a gifted Native American girl who is kidnapped from her tribe. She makes it all the way to the Inuit in Canada and then to Greenland. Her trials along the way are heartbreaking but she perseveres. I learned a lot of Native American customs and history from this book. I highly recommend it.
Her best work to date in my opinion.
i found the book to be very exciting and deep. after a while you start to get attached to the characters.i am so excited to read the sequel. also you do not have to be a woman to read this book.i am a seventeen year-old teenage boy and i still found the book enchanting .if you are thinking of buying this book you should get ready to be up for many hours because you never want to put the book down. i recommend to young and old to buy this book because it is truly an interesting tale.
This colorful, detailed, adventure story will make you cheer and cry and think ... and more. With its carefully researched, rich, historical background, one can see and feel the 14th century from a female native American's point of view. It would make a marvelous movie. The book accelerates whilst the reader assimilates. The author, Penina Spinka, has a refreshing style. Readers will find it difficult to lay aside long enough to eat or sleep. A future best seller.
This is an excellent book. I recommed to everyone. This is the kind of book in which someone who normally wouldn't read it, will love it!
It is truly a treat to read.
It took me only 4 days to read this book, during which time I was oblivious to the rest of the world. Picture Maker takes you on a facinating journey to interesting and well researched places and civilizations. I couldn't wait to see where it would go next, and what type of customs and lifestyles the people there would have. The characters are absorbing, especially Picture Maker herself. I found myself smiling and crying with her as she faced triumph and despair thoughout her travels. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel as soon as it comes out.
This is a fascinating study of Northeastern Native American culture during the 14th-15th centuries A.D.. In this coming-of-age tale, Picture Maker, a young Iroquois girl experiences Algonquin, Naskapi, and Inuit culture first hand before she discovers her ultimate destiny in Greenland.
Into this fascinating and romantic tale, Ms. Spinka intricately weaves the cultural traditions of each group of Native Americans as well as the history of the Norse in Greenland (as a matter of fact, the description of the Norse in Greenland has inspired me to eventually read Jane Smiley's THE GREENLANDERS, as discussed by Ms. Spinka in the "Author's Notes"). She capably shows the social and religious differences - both the good and the bad - of all the cultures discussed and truly makes the reader understand what it is like to "walk in another person's moccasins". This book is wonderful for gaining a deeper sense of cultural understanding and tolerance - I think older adolescents would enjoy this book as well as adult readers!
...And I am really looking forward to reading the sequal DREAM WEAVER to discover the pictures that daughter Ingrid "draws" for herself.
I've seen this book considered prehistoric fiction by a lot of people. And I even confused it for that at first myself. But this actually takes places somewhere around the 1300's to 1400's so it's not as far back as you would think. So while it may share some similarities with that genre, this book really shouldn't be compared to the Earth's Children Series or the Gear's prehistoric fiction.

Picture Maker is an important daughter in her tribe. Because of her tribe's equality of women, she has grown up being independent, even hunting, which is unusual for a good many of the other tribes she encounters. So when she is kidnapped, and forced to become a slave for an Algonquin man who degradingly calls her Mohawk (not her people's name for their tribe), it's a whole new world for her. But she longs for escape, and if escape is possible, there are a great many journeys in front of her.

It's hard to talk about all the characters in this book without giving too much of the plot away. The safest person to talk about, as a result, is Picture Maker herself. She's a wise woman for not having seen too many years. Even as a girl she carries herself well and makes good decisions. But she does have a lot of misfortune happen to her. It seems like she's always running up against a wall, but she never gives up. And that's what's admirable about her character. And of course not all the other characters are bad guys. She encounters good and bad everywhere she goes and that's what makes humans human. So the book was very realistic in that regard.

I kept expecting the plot to leap years at a time. But it never really did until the end. And I liked that we had the continual story of Picture Maker. Nothing was left out that way. I do have to say that her name, Picture Maker, and the significance attached to it led to a dead end. Nothing was ever really done with it. But she has an exciting tale and while parts of it are a little implausible, it was still fun to read. I do have to warn that there are several topics that could be potentially offensive to people. Cannibalism, rape, violence, and an un-popular view of Christianity are in this book. I thought everything made the story more realistic, but others may not think that way.

An interesting book and it covers a time and place that I hadn't thought much about before. I'd be interested in reading the sequel to this book.

Picture Maker
Copyright 2002
464 pages

Review by M. Reynard 2013