Book: "Standing in the Light". Author: Mary Pope Osbourne

Reviewer: An Amazon.com Customer
Standing in the Light is a book told in diary form about a young 13 year old girl named Catherine Carey Logan (Caty) who was growing up in the 1700's in 1763. Who's hardest problems in life are boy trouble and math. When rumors go around that there has been Indian raids talk begins , but Catharine farther believe's that if they trust and love the Indians and they will not hurt them. Catharine tries hard to hold on to these words and trust her fathers way.
A few weeks later Catherine and her brother Thomas are captured by Indians of the Lenape Tribe, in Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania while walking to school. During there travel to the Indian village Thomas grow's weaker and weaker and will not talk. Catharine begin to fear for her brother life taking day by day which she can no longer tell as time goes on days just seem to blend together.…