Anangokaa By Cameron Alam Blackwater Press, 322 pages, $27.99 In this affecting debut, it’s 1804 and the MacCallum family emigrates from Scotland to Lord Selkirk’s Baldoon settlement in Upper Canada, hoping for a new beginning after being exiled from their home, persecuted by the English. Instead, they arrive at the height of malaria season and tragedy ensues. Yet irrepressible adolescent protagonist, 14-year-old Flora, her sister Isobel and their brother Hugh work against all odds to survive in this seemingly inhospitable place. One day Flora meets Niigaani, the eldest son of a Chippewa chief from across the river, and their emerging...