Title: A mom's review -- mature material in this book
Review: This is an emotionally disturbing book, featuring the torture and killing of human beings. Leaving a man in a bear trap to die. Slaughtering a pregnant wife in front of her husband. Cutting a man's tongue out of his mouth. Raiding and killing Shawnee Indians. A man hunting an 11-year-old boy, capturing him, and bragging to him about his crimes. The boy's psychological torment over not killing the criminal when he had the chance.I applaud this as a well-written and engrossing novel, but I question whether the subject matter is appropriate for the age range listed -- 8 to 12. Parents use caution. Just because the main character is 11 does not mean the book is right for your eleven year old.
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