The Light in the Forest

About this book

A white boy, captured by Native Americans, grows to his teens as an Indian, is then forced by treaty to return to his white family. Needless to say, he has a tremendously difficult time adjusting. Emotional conflicts arise from all sides, leading to a climactic ending.

Subjects

  • children's fiction
  • delaware indians
  • delaware indians in fiction
  • fiction
  • group identity
  • group identity in fiction
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • identity (psychology)
  • indian captivities
  • indian captivities in fiction
  • indians of north america
  • juvenile fiction
  • juvenile literature
  • pennsylvania in fiction
  • reading level-grade 10
  • reading level-grade 11
  • reading level-grade 12
  • reading level-grade 7
  • reading level-grade 8
  • reading level-grade 9
  • united states
  • young men
  • young men in fiction