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Calico Captive

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By Elizabeth George Speare
Publisher Yearling
Calico Captive
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Early one morning in the year 1754 the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, was shattered by shrill war whoops and the terror of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day which had promised new happiness, found herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War.It was a horrowing march north. Miriam could only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. What waits at the end of the trailbesides an Indian quantlet and a life of slavery?

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56248 words56,248 words
288 pages288 pages
Lexile 900LLexile 900L
Grade 5 to 9Grade 5 to 9
Age 10-14Age 10-14
Published 1973Published 1973

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Book ISBN:

0440411564

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