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This month, CFRB presents Chenoa's Spiritual Journey by Becky
Jane Dice.
About the Book:
Chenoa Fawn Gray Owl and her four-year-old brother, River, live in Whiteriver,
Arizona on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation but her parents are
about to make a decision that will change all that. She will be giving up
family, friends, and the only home she knows though not by choice. The Gray Owls
travel to Ohio to visit with their mother's childhood friends Douglas and
Barbara Ream for the holidays. While there Chenoa’s father intends to ask
Douglas for a position at his clinic. He’s doing all this in the interest of
providing a better future for his children but instead Chenoa considers the move
a serious inconvenience she’d rather not deal with. During the family visit to
Ohio her parents die in a car crash and the Reams become the kids’ legal
guardians. These circumstances force Chenoa to adjust to living without her
parents as well as off the reservation. Although Chenoa's parents were
Christians, she wasn't and thus her spiritual journey commences.
About the Author:
Becky Jane Dice lives in a small town in northeastern Ohio with her husband. She
has three young adult novels in print following the story of Chenoa with more to
come. In addition she has published numerous individual poems and five
anthologies of her poetry.
Publisher: Airleaf Publishing; 1 edition (February 27, 2006)
ISBN-10: 1600020658
ISBN-13: 978-1600020650
Synopsis:
Two baby boys are lost in the hostile country of Ganluc--one the firstborn
son of a prince and princess (third in line for the Royal Throne of Latoph) and
the other an illegitimate half-breed born to an Itzi slavegirl and fathered
by a licentious owner who was executed for treason. Yet Duke Vahn is
determined to rescue both of these boys. Scores of knights and bounty hunters
have
risked their lives trying to retrieve them, yet none can even find a clue to
their whereabouts. When all else fails, a bold plan is proposed to send Vahn's
most trusted servant posing as a runaway slave in order to gather
information. Reluctantly, Vahn sends a strange trio off to Ganluc--his brave
captain, a
middle-aged healer, and an Itzi slave. Little does he know what challenges
await both the trio and his own house, now forced to survive without its key
leaders.