“I won’t go, and you can’t make me!” As the daughter of Good Song Woman and a French trader, eighteen-year-old Genevieve LaCroix wants nothing to do with her father’s plan to see his daughter educated by the white missionaries at Renville mission. Forced there against her will, Gen eventually finds friendship. When she meets a wounded Dakota warrior taken in by the missionaries, love blossoms. … Gen and Two Stars are just beginning to find their way in the new world controlled by whites when the Dakota War of 1862 drags them both into the valley of the shadow of death. Risking everything to protect missionary friends and children, the couple are forced apart. Will their love survive? Will they?
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Characters depended on God to see them through really difficult times.
I got so caught up in the story I couldn’t think about anything else.
I really enjoyed the characters and lifestyles in this book. It was very enjoyable and I would recommend it. I love historical settings too.
The author created a world in my mind that I was not aware of. The explanations, inspirations and creativity in the book makes it a real page turner. I loved it so much I also purchased the other two books in the series.
Wonderful story based on historical events…will definitely read more of this series.
Loved it
I read the three books in this series a couple of weeks ago. I just could not put them down. I enjoyed the author’s writing style and feel I learned a lot about Indians and settlers in the Midwest in the 1800’s.
Loved the entire series!
Really great book. A hard to read subject, but it seemed to be handled fairly.
The author has a very good way of writing that leaves you wanting more, learning about a period of time that many have forgotten. Her descriptions are so clear in this book that you actually feel like you were there watching everything unfold it comes across that real. Highly recommend this book to everyone. I liked it so much that I had a buy the rest of the series to read it
Great historical story! One of the best writers!
Very hard to put down.
This book left me wanting more, have read the 2nd and on the 3rd now. She really draws the reader in and ends a book making us wonder what is happening and how things will turn out.
This is a Christian fiction story but loosely based on actual events. The Dakota Sioux controlled what was to become the State of Minnesota. Rev. Simon Dane and his wife Ellen along with their children Meg and Aaron went out to the territory as missionaries to convert the Indians. Genevieve LaCroix (Gen) who is half French and half Dakota is sent to the Mission School. There she meets Two Stars a Lakota brave. The story tells of the turmoil between the whites and the Indians. If you enjoy American History you will want to read this — the first of a series.
i WAS SADDENED BY OUR GOVERNMENTS TREATMENT OF THE NATIVE POPULATION AND THOSE WHO RESCUED WHITE FOLK WERE TREATED ABOMINABLY. i DID NOT APPRECIATE THE WAY THE STORY TELLS THAT THE HALF BREED GIRL IS LITERALLY MANIPULATED INTO MARRYING THE WIDOWED MISSIONARY. IT WAS KIND OF SICK AND WRONG.
Good book. Enjoyed it. A light, easy, uplifting read.
Genevieve LaCroix’s French father forces her to leave him and go to a missionaries school and home after her Indian mother dies–doing this for her own good. He wanted her to learn skills and book learning to make her way in the white man’s world. The story is filled with historical comments on the difficulties between whites and Indians–both sides having valid points against the other. During her missionary stay Gen encounters an Indian warrior whom she learns to love. Other characters include the lead missionary and his wife along with other devoted missionaries who truly care for the plight of the Indians. A rebellion filled with bloodshed and turmoil leave the reader wondering what will become of the relationship Gen had with Daniel Two-Stars, her beloved warrior. I could only give three stars as the ending was an obvious attempt by the author to force the reader to purchase the next book in the series.
I loved it –didn’t want to put it down —loved the characters and the whole story –love that kind of story
I like better happy. Endings.
Tragic story of how man treated t he Dakota Indians