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“Faith Covington has never seen her parents cry, not in all her thirteen years on this planet. Instinctively, she turned away. But there was no easy way out. When she looked to her left, then to her right, she saw only the cause of their misery. Shanties made of scrap lumber and cardboard boxes, bits of plastic and canvas tarpaulins extended along the banks of New York’s mighty Hudson River for as far as she could see.” (p. 1) Times were tough in the year of 1934. Unemployment numbers skyrocketed and Thomas Covington, Faith’s father, was one of those who lost his job as an accountant.

Faith’s life as she knew it, attending a private school and etiquette classes, was about to be turned on its head. Faith and her mother went to go live with Aunt Eva in the Pocono Mountains while her father continued to search for work. On the way there, Faith’s mother reveals that Aunt Eva is an Indian and that Faith is part Indian.

This revelation and the experience living at Aunt Eva’s is an incredible learning experience for Faith. She learns much about the Indian culture and way of life. She also experiences the prevalent racism which begins almost right after she exits the train and continues throughout the novel.

The author’s writing is both full of adventure and also very educational. I enjoyed the descriptive passages in the novel, particularly those when the characters were in the forest. I could vividly picture the setting in my mind. C.E. Edmonson’s book is intended for young readers and I think that this piece of historical fiction would be well-received by this audience.

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