Bibliograph

Mary Jemison, Native American captive, by Jane Kelley writing as E.F. Abbott ; with illustrations by Clint Hansen

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Mary Jemison, Native American captive, by Jane Kelley writing as E.F. Abbott ; with illustrations by Clint Hansen

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Mary Jemison

Oclc number

984129348

Responsibility statement

by Jane Kelley writing as E.F. Abbott ; with illustrations by Clint Hansen

Series statement

Based on a true story

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Accelerated Reader AR, 3.8, 4.0, 186427.

Sub title

Native American captive

Summary

What happens when everything you know is suddenly ripped away? This is the fate of Mary Jemison, a fifteen-year-old frontier girl living in Pennsylvania in 1758. How does Mary find the will to carry on? During the French and Indian War, Mary is captured by a band of French and Shawnee warriors and led deep into the woods. After her family is killed, Mary is traded to the Seneca and taken in by two sisters. Renamed Dehgewanus, she finds her place among the Seneca and embarks on a new way of life. But when given the choice, will Mary return to the world she once knew or remain with her adopted family?A fictional retelling of the early life of Mary Jemison who was captured during the French and Indian War and lived for most of her life with the Seneca Indians

Target audience

juvenile

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Native American captive

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