Trail of Tears: The Story of John Ross (Ross Saga Book 1) by Anne Greene
Starts out when John Ross is just a young man and living on the family estate. He and his parents and toddler sister Pris.
He was working in fields when he hears the commotion: the house is on fire and there's a lot of screaming and yelling. As he rushes to help his parents and sister get out he is captured by the men there to take over possession of the property.
He was not sure when he wakes up if they made it out alive. He recalls seeing his father standing at a window with fire all around him.
He journeys with many others who were captured to an area where they are bound together. There are guards surrounding them and only allowed out of the complex for a religious ceremony.
He is not a true believer but he gets baptized and wonders why God is making them all suffer. He knows of others in DC who are fighting for them to get their land back. They will all journey further to OK to join other Indian troops in one area of land.
Like understanding all the explicit descriptive details of the fight he believes in and the things he does for his family to make it easier for them.
Many along the way help him, Indian Rachel who helps his mother and Pris especially and helps him heal with her herbs when he is beaten.
Hate hearing the torture the guards put John through on the way west, driving rain, windy, mud up to your knees...
Love hearing of the relationships along the way and can't believe the way this story turns out.
Love the scriptures and how they pertain to the incidents going on around them.
Excerpt for the next book is enclosed at the end. Note from the author and her works are highlighted at the end.
Discussion questions are also enclosed.
SUPER read!
Received a review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
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