Summer Sky's problems hadn't started with the rock that cut her brow. Trouble began when she and her mother Water Lily arrived at her mother's Kalispel village after her father died. Having blue eyes in a sea of brown, set her up as a target from the bullies among the children.
She couldn't help that her mother married a farmer who just happened to be white then died when she was two. When the dark days of the flu epidemic of 1918 hit her mother's village, her real troubles began.
Water Lily had learned healing from her mother, and for generations, mothers taught their daughters. She had been teaching Summer Sky for a few years and when she was nearly thirteen, they were both thrown into the gut-wrenching task of caring for the sick.
Choices made bring on a whole new set of obstacles Summer Sky faces with a brave yet questioning heart.
Summer Sky makes an unusual friend along the way. Their bond surprises and delights her.
Her faith in Jesus grows as she senses His presence while overcoming challenges she faces.
Look for Summer Sky: Savage Daughter next.