Standing in the Light

Author:Mary P. Osborne
Copyright date: 1998

Main character (s): Caty,Papa,Snow Hunter

Book Theme: never judge people by their religion
Summary: Caty a young girl who hears things going on in here town and throughtout her village about indian attacks.She is also told why the indians are doing such things.Then one day her and her brother are captured after school,taken to an indian village and scared to death.While Caty and her brother are spending much times with the indians Caty falls in love with Snow Hunter.Snow Hunter and few more indians are headed down stream so now he is away while his village is under attack.There was a mob party searching for Caty,and her brother Thomas.Soon Caty realizes she will now have to choose between the man she loves Snow Hunter or living the englishman ways.


Main Conflict in the book:when Caty and her brother are being held hostage in the indian vilage

How do the characters change in the story?Caty starts to realize the indian life is not much different from her englishmen ways
Interesting part of the book: when Caty starts to fall in love with an indian
Would you reccommend this book to someone else - why or why not?
Yes,because this book is very interesting and informs you on how much indians and englishmen thought of each other and their own different ways of living.Also it tells you how responsible people had to be back then.
Michala C.