Shelterwood
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4.2 • 177 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER • “Wingate’s stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region’s history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes “a sweeping tale about little known history” (People).
1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. Val’s quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw Nation’s Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself.
1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own.
In this gripping novel, Lisa Wingate traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done. Amid times of deep conflict over who owns the land and its riches, Ollie and Val each leave behind one life in search of another.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wingate's stellar latest (after Before We Were Yours) explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases in Oklahoma's Winding Stair mountains. In 1990, the long-buried remains of three young girls are discovered in the newly created Horsethief Trail National Park. When park ranger Valerie Boren-Odell, whose husband's death has left her to care for their seven-year-old son alone, learns her boss won't investigate how the girls died, she feels compelled to uncover their names and what happened to them. As the disappearance of a teenage boy and the discovery of an unidentified man's corpse complicate Valerie's investigation, Choctaw tribal police officer Curtis Enhoe offers insight and access to tribal records that help link the cases. In a parallel narrative set in 1909, 11-year-old Olive "Ollie" Radley's Choctaw foster sister Hazel disappears after being molested by Olive's stepfather. When he turns his attention to Hazel's younger sister, Nessa, Ollie decides they must flee. The pair evade pursuit by moving deeper into the forest, discovering to their surprise that other victimized children, most of them Choctaw, are also hiding there. Wingate's insightful depiction of her young characters' vulnerability and resourcefulness enriches the intricate plotting, and her portrayal of the region's history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game.
Customer Reviews
Shelterwood is a tale of the past present and warning for the future
This was a heart wrenching and yet inspiring story that everyone must read! It is a hard and necessary lesson which we as a nation and planet have still note learned.