Everyone in the
tribe, except Wolfslayer and his closest adherents accepted White Eagle as
fully one of them. Indeed he felt himself completely their kin, so powerful had
been the ceremony by which he had been reborn into their tribe and clan. And
yet…
Yet still the
memory of Elizabeth and the deep longing for her – no, the sense that his soul
could never be complete apart from her – would not leave him or allow him to
find true peace. That somewhere in the world she lived and remained free was
his greatest hope… and his deepest agonly. How to resolve the conflict between
his present life and the sweet promise of a future with her that had once
existed was unfathomable to his mind.
Book: Wind of the Spirit (American Patriot Series) by J. M.
Hochstetler, Sheaf House Publishers, 2009
Target Audience: Girls and Boys 18+
Subjects: American Revolution, Family
Relationships, Love, Identity
Summary: The rumors are vicious. White
Eagle is attacking villages, scalping everyone, even women and children,
willingly taking revenge on all white men for the death of his father. These
rumors are vicious enough but when word comes to Elizabeth that perhaps White
Eagle is her beloved Carleton, she knows she has no choice. She must find him.
She must convince him that her love is enough to come back to the world of the
white men. Carleton is torn though. None of this is an easy decision for him.
He has a family here amongst the Shawnee. He’s a great war chief. And the
Shawnee long for him to become even more fully one of them by taking a Shawnee
wife. Yet, at night dreams of her
haunt him. He can’t let her go, no matter how hard he tries.
Notes: Set at the beginning of the
American Revolution, Native Son is the second in The American Patriot Series.
This one both of the characters significantly more mature. It intensifies the
violence of the time period as well. In this book Carleton has become nearly
completely Shawnee and is participating in all of their customs and rituals,
including killing of the white men. The huge spiritual element covered in this one
is the question of identity. On his deathbed, Carleton’s Shawnee adopted father
prophesied that he would ever be a wanderer, not fully Shawnee and not fully
White and in this story it begins to come true. He can’t fully embrace either
one. He has to find his identity in something beyond this world – in a
relationship with Christ rather than with a people group.
It’s definitely an adventure book with action
and suspense being the focus, but the spiritual elements that are there are
well done.
Spiritual Content
Recommendation Scale: 4/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
John 15:19 – If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own.
As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you
out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
Romans 14:8 – If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the
Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
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