Originally published by Harcourt Children's Books, 1992. Reading Level:9-12 Grade Level:9-12
Summary:
This volume presents a fictional account of the life of Cynthia Ann Parker, who at age nine, was captured in an Indian raid and taken to live as a slave with the Comanche. Twenty-four years later, she is the wife of a chief and the mother of a young warrior destined to become the great chief Quanah Parker. But in 1861, Parker and her infant daughter are recaptured and returned against their will to a white settlement. This moving story is a riveting examination of the conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers.
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