The light in the forest

Description:

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: Delaware Indians,  Delaware Indians in fiction,  Fiction,  Group identity,  Group identity in fiction,  History,  Identity (Psychology),  Indian captivities,  Indian captivities in fiction,  Indians of North America,  Juvenile fiction,  Pennsylvania in fiction,  Young men,  Young men in fiction,  United States,  Historical fiction,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Juvenile literature,  Children's fiction

Places: Pennsylvania

Times: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775