Cactus Flower witness the death of their mother by the pale faces The pale faces then take the children to an orphanage At the orphanage they meet a friend Kid McCoy The three children escape the orphanage only to meet up with a bad group of murders who take Cactus Flower and sell her With the help of his friend Kid McCoy Knocks Down goes after Cactus Flower to rescue her from these evil people While Knocks Down and Kid McCoy are looking for Cactus Flower they run across the man who killed their mother and find out that he wants them dead as well The Saga of Indian Em ly tells the story of Indian Em ly s children and their ordeal with the pale faces and the hardship they face as they try to make their way home after seeing her die right in front of them and of the evil people they meet along the way Knocks Down and Cactus Flower are two very strong and brave children Knocks Down is so brave and loves his sister so much so that he doesn t think about the danger to himself when she is taken and he goes searching for her All he thinks about is her and saving her The Saga of Indian Em ly is a love story that I can definitely get behind The Saga of Indian Em ly is a very intense read that is filled with adventure from the first page right up to the end I would recommend The Saga of Indian Em ly to all fans of historical fiction.
Twelve year old Wind That Knocks Down Lodges loves his little sister Cactus Flower and the wildness of the desert canyonland the Apache call home But in one night of misunderstanding and mistakes Knocks Down and Cactus Flower s innocent world is shaken as they find themselves locked in the nearby fort with the pale face soldiers and their mother s lifeless body With no one to lean on but each other Knocks Down and Cactus Flower must make their way as children of The People in the pale face world pale faces who have now become the enemy After finding themselves at the mercy of the Army far from Apache Territory and well on the trail to Colorado Knocks Down must bring himself to trust the soldier Pale Face Joe But Joe disappears and when ordered to dispose of the children or else the other Army soldiers waste no time in depositing them at the nearest Catholic orphanage They manage to escape the evil orphanage along with a new pale face friend Kid McCoy But they are set upon by a gang of murdering claim jumpers who steal Cactus With Kid McCoy s help Knocks Down goes after her When they encounter a soldier who was responsible for their mother s death they realize he s set on seeing them dead as well How can a boy defeat a battle hardened soldier Just when Knocks Down is about to give up the biggest surprise of all changes everything The Saga of Indian Em ly
Sara Harris has authored close to thirty books for both children and grown ups She and her family plus their menagerie of rescue pets make their home in Katy Texas where the ice cream is perfection and the ocean is close enough to visit every weekend Sara has her BA in History and wishes that someone who majored in Engineering would hurry and invent a time machine. Visit Sara online at site_link Sara Harris has authored close to thirty books for both children and grown ups She and her family plus their menagerie of rescue pets make their home in Katy Texas where the ice cream is perfection and the ocean is close enough to visit every weekend Sara has her BA in History and wishes that someone who majored in Engineering would hurry and invent a time machine. Visit Sara online at site_link site_link Two children twelve year old Knocks Down and his six year old sister adventure and a warm hearted love story a brother and sister love story 136 This short piece which can be read in less than two hours is a real roller coaster ride for the emotions Read full review in the 2016 April issue of InD tale Magazine 136
| The Saga of Indian Em'ly By Sara Barnard |
| 1522961887 |
| 9781522961888 |
| English |
| 136 |
| Paperback |