The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. CooneyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A brutal read based on actual events about the forced kidnapping and march of captured Deerfield residents for 300 long, cold, merciless miles. Mercy and her brothers and others are scared to death but the brutal march, hunger and cold vie with memories of her family and the now horror of just trying to survive. Cooney showed how the children are sold, assimilated into Indian culture, some adopted into families, others to the French BUT the older children suffer from angst (only Ruth shows anger the whole time) as they leave their Deerfield families behind (some hope for ransom) and forge a new life. It was sad, sad, sad but true, true, true.
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