Caleb's crossing
(2011)
Fiction
Large Type
Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/FICTION/BROOKS,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2011
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
539 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781410437341 (hardcover), 1410437345 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans, Bethia Mayfield yearns for an education that is closed to her due to her gender. As soon as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observes its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other