
By Michael P. Spradlin, Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
A boy chooses a new life with the Shawnee, becoming their war chief against his own people.
At sixteen, a boy leaves his settler life to join the Shawnee, embracing a new identity. As he rises to become their war chief, he faces the ultimate conflict: fighting against the world he once knew. What drives him to turn against his origins, and what will he discover about loyalty and identity in the process? This is the gripping tale of Blue Jacket, a journey of transformation and allegiance.
He was only sixteen when the Shawnee Indians took him from his home. But he wasn’t captured. He went willingly. And, after many years of proving his bravery in battle against the colonists, he was named war chief of the Shawnee. His name was Blue Jacket.Here, told in riveting narrative and stunning, historically accurate illustrations, is the incredible story of a white boy who spent the first sixteen years of his life among white settlers and the rest of his life fighting them.
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