Frank Carlson Library

Weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction, Sara Donati’s epic novel sweeps us into another time and place . . . and into a breathtaking story of love and survival in a land of savage beauty.
It is December of 1792. Elizabeth Middleton leaves her comfortable English estate to join her family in a remote New York mountain village. It is a place unlike any she has ever experienced. And she meets a man unlike any she has ever encountered—a...

After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life.

It is spring 1802, and Hannah, Nathaniel Bonner's half-Indian daughter, has become a gifted healer. This beautiful young woman-of-two-worlds finds herself in peril when she helps an injured slave and puts her family--and her heart--in jeopardy.

A young girl unselfishly gives away the ribbons from her new dress to help various people on their way to a wedding. The girl in the story is identified as wearing a traditional Mohawk ribbon dress.

In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing. In prose poetry and alternating voices, Marlene Carvell weaves a heartbreakingly beautiful story based on the real-life experiences of Native American children. Mattie and Sarah are two Mohawk sisters...