Burning Sky
by Lori Benton
Available: August 2013
ISBN: 978-0-307-73147-0
Historical Fiction / Christian
Set in the late 1700s, the settlements of New York are battling Indian raids and turmoil as part of the American Revolution. At the age of 14, Wilhelmina was abducted by the Indians and was adopted by an Indian mother and renamed Burning Sky. In time, she embraced the life of the people; marrying a warrior and having two daughters. After the deaths of her husband and children and the relocation of the Indian tribe, she decides to return to her true family. When she returns to the family homestead, she is met with more questions than answers, and no parents to welcome her home. Although she is a white woman, the townspeople do not embrace her return. Caught between two worlds, Wilhelmina does not know where she truly fits in. As she fights to keep her family's land, will she be able to open her heart to love again?
Burning Sky is a wonderful book of loss and redeeming love. Set in a time period when turmoil was everywhere, Lori Benton has written a story that many freed white captives had faced when returning home. Were they Indian? White? Both? The story of Burning Sky came to end too quickly.
My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I received a complimentary copy of Burning Sky from WaterBrook Press for my honest review.
Blessings,
Ellen
Thank you Ellen. Blessings!
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