The Ransom of Mercy Carter

by Caroline B. Cooney

Hardcover, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

973

Publication

Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2001), Edition: First Edition, 249 pages

Description

In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.

Awards

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2004)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2004)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 4-8 — 2005)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2003)
Cardinal Cup (Noteworthy — 2002)

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