The Winter People

From the bestelling author of “The Heart of a Chief” comes the story of Saxso, a Canadian Abenaki youth whose village is attacked during the war between the British and the French in 1759. When his mother and two sisters are taken hostage, it’s up to Saxso to bring his family home.
As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.
Saxso is fourteen when the British attack his village. It’s 1759, and war is raging in the northeast between the British and the French, with the Abenaki people–Saxso’s people–by their side. Without enough warriors to defend their homes, Saxso’s village is burned to the ground. Many people are killed, but some, including Saxso’s mother and two sisters, are taken hostage. Now it’s up to Saxso, on his own, to track the raiders and bring his family back home . . . before it’s too late.