"Canadians are – very belatedly – starting to come to grips with the reprehensible treatment of First Nations peoples in their history and its legacy of pain in the present; Quartermain’s novel contributes to that process."
~ Publishers Weekly

“Dispossession in various forms haunts this historical novel. Wild longing, tart dialogue, and acute perception bring Meredith Quartermain’s child-narrators alive in their dustbowl world of few options. A remarkable first novel.”
~ Daphne Marlatt, author of The Given and Ana Historic

“Reminiscent of Sheila Watson, Quartermain weaves the richness of myth with a parched, impoverished landscape. Enduring family histories sustain two youngsters from opposite sides of the tracks as they converge in a desperate trek through Rupert’s Land.”
~ Vanessa Winn, author of The Chief Factor’s Daughter

“Quartermain handles each character with exquisite care backed with extensive research allowing each to seek ‘another way to be’ so that we can search our own biases too. Written precisely and poignantly, Rupert’s Land seems destined to become a Canadian classic.”
~ Jacqueline Turner, author of The Ends of the Earth

"It’s the departures from the expected that make the story so rich ... The two narrators aren’t at all who or what I expected them to be." full review
~ Laura Frey, Reading in Bed blog

"The background of despair is familiar from writers like Sinclair Ross, but the way Quartermain brings an age to life while staring unflinchingly at its attitudes and injustices through the eyes of children is reminiscent of To Kill A Mockingbird. The same innocent intelligence that characterizes Scout in that novel informs Cora’s and Hunter’s acute observations, conveyed in a blend of pitch perfect dialogue and inner voices." full review
~ Margaret Thompson, The Coastal Spectator

"Quartermain's background in poetry is evident in the novel's lyricism. The imagery is vivid ... the picture Quartermain paints will stay with you for some time."
~ Megan Moore Burns, Quill and Quire

"A technically ambitious novel located mainly in Stettler, Alta., but with an epic scope that includes all of the Canadian prairie lands." ~ Andrew Armitage, Owen Sound Sun Times

"Hunter is a fully living, breathing character..." full review
~ JC Sutcliffe, Slightly Bookist

"Rupert's Land is as vast as it is packed."
~ Laurie D. Graham, Alberta Views

"Tragic, and perhaps redemptive." ~ Pat Mackenzie, subTerrain