Genres

↳  Historical Fiction, Mystery, Coming-of-Age, and Indigenous Fiction

Size

↳ 3.4 MB

The Berry Pickers is about a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. The missing Mi’kmaq girl sparks a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a community, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years.

Trigger warnings

↳ This story contains content that might be troubling for some readers, including, but not limited to depictions of:

• Child Abduction / Missing Child

• Family Separation

• Grief & Loss

• Racial Discrimination / Systemic Injustice

• Alcoholism & Substance Abuse

• Mental Health Struggles

• Domestic Violence (Implied)