This took me a while to get into, but once I did, it was great. There's a lot of things I'm familiar with, and I'd love for my kids to pick this up someday. It packs an emotional punch though.

Book two was great. The characters are starting to grow up, but still get into some hijinks. There's some heavy stuff that happens to this family, but not as heavy as the first one. Glad there's more in the series.

This is just as good as the first two. Omakayas is a little older and the story is a bit more mature, but there's still plenty of heart and hardship. This is a great series.

This one is a bit shorter and jumps forward in time - now we're following Omakayas' twin sons Chickadee and Makoons. It didn't feel as complete a story as the other books - at least not until Chickadee got kidnapped - but it was fun to see the next generation and all the characters we know more grown up.

This is a great series. The family is now in the Dakotas, which is new to me from the other books set near where I grew up. The buffalo are the center of this story and it was interesting but sad to see the hunt. The characters we know and love are as true to themselves as ever. And the new character Gichi Noodin was amusing.