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Standing in the Light
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Dear America: Book 4

Standing in the Light (1999) (edit title/settings)

The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763

by Mary Pope Osborne (Author) (edit contributors)

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Something strange happened to me today, Papa. Without warning, I began to say all my thoughts out loud. And many of them were bitter. It happened when I was walking behind the hunter with the eagle painted on his cheek...suddenly my wrath poured out like fire. I told him that I was not a... read more

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Indians are mad at the English because of unfair treaties and such. They are attacking people and capturing some. Catherine and many others are scared. Catherine's papa is sad for Indians that are being attacked by the English. Soon, Catherine and her brother, Thomas, are captured by Indians.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Indians are mad at the English because of unfair treaties and such. They are attacking people and capturing some. Catherine and many others are scared. Catherine's papa is sad for Indians that are being attacked by the English. Soon, Catherine and her brother, Thomas, are captured by Indians. Catherine thinks that they will torture them. Her brother is taken away from her and she thinks that he is dead. Soon, she finds out that one of the Indians was captured, too, and now you can't tell that he was English. He still speaks English and tells her that her brother is okay and that they are replacing kids that had died of measles. They aren't supposed to go home. Catherine and Thomas learn the ways of the Indians but Catherine is still wondering, will they ever go home?

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Today Papa gave Thomas and me new copy books, black-walnut ink, and quills.

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This is book 4 of 43 in Dear America. (publisher series)

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  1. Mary Pope Osborne (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0590134620
Page Count: 186

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Reading Level: Young Adults

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