Naya Nuki

Naya Nuki, by Kenneth Thomasma

Started 03.01.21 • Finished 03.12.21

"Naya Nuki's tribe moves around to find food. When enemy Indians attack, Naya Nuki is captured. She plans her escape by looking for hiding spots and talking to her friend Sacajawea. When she escapes, she hides her steps and food and stole buffalo skins. During the escape, she experiences bad dreams, bears, wolves, enemy Indians, and snowstorms. For food, Naya Nuki finds berries, artichokes, and carrots. She finds taboos under a burial platform but doesn't pick them up. She makes a snare to catch food. She escapes a grizzly bear. A high fever nearly stops her. She walks into the path of a dozen braves. She finds Shoshoni settlers, who tell her that she is nearly home. She builds a shelter from a snowstorm. She survives by eating little and drinking a lot, staying hidden, and moving way out of the way of predators."

Neph, age 10

Amos Fortune, Free Man

Amos Fortune, by Elizabeth Yates

Started 02.25.21 • Finished 03.04.21

"It all starts out when At-mun was captured by slavers in Africa. when he arrives in Boston he is sold to a Quaker. He is named Amos and adopts Christianity. He is sold again then freed and becomes a successful tanner. He bought and freed a woman and married her but sadly she died almost a year later. Amos then buys another woman with her daughter and frees them. Amos marries her. She is named Violet. They move to a town where Amos starts a new tannery on land loaned to him. Later he buys his own land. Near the end of his life he give money to the church for a silver communion service. He died November 17, 1801. Five stars for this book."

Timothy, age 12

Sarah Whitcher's Story

Sarah Whitcher's Story, by Elizabeth Yates

Started 02.08.21 • Finished 02.26.21

A girl named Sarah is outside one day with nothing to do, when she wanders into the forest, pretending to be Ma and Pa. She winds up lost. Her parents had gone somewhere, so her siblings do not known she is lost until they arrive without her. Pa thinks that Sarah will be found soon. For the first night that Sarah is missing, Pa sleeps while Ma watches for Sarah. Bear prints are found, but Sarah had been done no harm. with Ma's persuasion, they persevere. Sarah sleeps in a shelter-like formation of rocks. She entertains herself by playing with cones. She shouts for someone, but thinks that someone it trying to be her. She meets a bear. A man named Heath has a dream about her, and where she is. He and Mr. Patch go and find her. Her father trusted in God.

Neph, age 10