Title: Entertaining, educational, eye-opening and excellent!!!
Product review: I bought this book on a whim as I thought it would be entertaining. Not only was it entertaining, it was educational and eye-opening. The story surrounds the Modoc Indian war of the 1870s. The main characters, a Native American women and and white man, struggle to hold on to their love for each other, while each of their own cultures are determined to destroy the other. I liked the book as it is historical fiction and based on the author's family. The details of the war are outlined in a gripping and fast paced manner. I also liked the details of Indian life and the use of Modoc words in the story. (The author provides a glossary of the words and the characters.) Additionally, the use of factual, historical records in the book was helpful. I plan to keep this book for my children to read when they are older as it will provide a view of the story of white man's western expansion that is not often found in textbooks. Well done, Paxton Riddle!
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