The Ransom of Mercy Carter | Caroline B. Cooney

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	The Ransom of Mercy Carter Caroline B. Cooney Laurel Leaf, 2002 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 32 reviews view larger image
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Deerfield, Massachusetts is one of the most remote, and therefore dangerous, settlements in the English colonies. In 1704 an Indian tribe attacks the town, and Mercy Carter becomes separated from the rest of her family, some of whom do not survive. Mercy and hundreds of other settlers are herded together and ordered by the Indians to start walking. The grueling journey -- three hundred miles north to a Kahnawake Indian village in Canada -- takes more than 40 days. At first Mercy's only hope is that the English government in Boston will send ransom for her and the other white settlers. But days turn into months and Mercy, who has become a Kahnawake daughter, thinks less and less of ransom, of Deerfield, and even of her "English" family. She slowly discovers that the "savages" have traditions and family life that soon become her own, and Mercy begins to wonder: If ransom comes, will she take it?

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GREAT BOOK!

I teach 8th grade literature and I truly enjoyed this book. I have taught Light in the Forest in the past and I will probably switch to this. The subject is interesting, the characters are well developed and it is one of the best historical fiction novels for young people I have read.

great read!

I thought this was one of my favorite books! The story is very interesting and a great book to do a school report on. The book is mainly about a girl named Mercy Carter who is about 11 and the time. One cold winter night, her town was taken over by a bunch of native americans. These Native Americans killed many in the town and took hundreds of captives. Their plan is to march all the way to Canada from Deerfield Massachusetts. When they get to the Native town, Mercy learns the Native's way of life, and learns to become a NAtive. She learns the language and everything. When ransom arrived for people in the Native town, will Mercy choose to become an Native, or go back to her home?

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The Life Of Mercy Carter

This book is excellent. This is what happens...

Mercy Carter is a 12 year old setterler in Deerfield, Mass. One day while her family is fearing an attack from the indians (they would be sent by the French, who are at war with the English) it happens. Mercy and her family are taken on a 300 mile walk from Deerfield to somewhere in or by Canada. While they are walking, the people who talk to much, or play, or cry, etc., are killed. By the time they get to their destination, Mercy's family is either dead, or she gets seperated from them, and all the white people are slowly becoming Indians. As the story goes along Mercy wonders if she wants the British to ransom her away, or if she wants to stay.

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My book was called The Ransom of Mercy Carter and I loved the book so much

I loved this book because it was about a girl that helped her mom so much. I liked that she always helped out and she was always brave for telling her brothers that everything was going to be alright. I also love this book because she always had so much courage in herself and she always believed in herself that she can do whatever came her way. Mercy in this book was always a sweet child and she always did whatever she was told. I can tell you that when you start to read the book you won't ever want to stop reading the book that I read. When I read the book it felt so sad to me because of the war at the begining of the book. Mercy always knew that everything was going to be alright even though she was trapped with the indians. I really loved this book because she was kind of like me because I always help out and I am sometimes brave and I always believe in other people and myself. That is why I love this book.

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The Ransom of Mercy Carter

The Ransom of Mercy Carter is a historical fiction book about a young girl who along with about a hundred people from her little frontier town, is kidnapped by Indians. This book is very exciting and suspenseful, it really brings you into the difference between the Mohawk indian way of life and the Puritan way of life. Mercy and her friends are seperated and dispersed throughout different Indian villages to be adopted by Indian families. Mercy lives with her Indian "family" for a long while waiting for a ransom from the English that seems will never come. I will not give away the ending but all i can say is that this book is an extremley well written book that makes you have sympathy for the characters in the story.
This book is well suited for all middle schoolers who have a sense of aventure and are interested in peoples ways of life. I encourage those people toread this book becasue they would love it.

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