The Last Sister - (Young Palmetto Books) by Courtney McKinney-Whitaker (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>It presents the Cherokee as a sovereign and powerful nation whose alliance was important to Britain and addresses the complex issues of race, class, and ethnicity that united and divided the British, the Cherokee, the Scottish highlanders, and the Scottish lowlanders, while it incorporates issues of power that led to increased violence toward women on the early American frontier.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Set during the Anglo-Cherokee War (1758-1761), <i>The Last Sister</i> traces a young woman's journey through grief, vengeance, guilt, and love in the unpredictable world of the early American frontier. After a band of fellow settlers fakes a Cherokee raid to conceal the murder of her family, seventeen-year-old Catriona Catie Blair embarks on a quest to report the crime and bring the murderers to justice, while desperately seeking to regain her own sense of safety. </p><p>This journey leads Catie across rural South Carolina and through Cherokee territory--where she encounters wild animals, physical injury, privation, British and Cherokee leaders, and an unexpected romance with a young lieutenant from a Scottish Highland regiment--on her path to a new life as she strives to overcome personal tragedy. </p><p>The Anglo-Cherokee War erupted out of tensions between British American settlers and the Cherokee peoples, who had been allies during the early years of the French and Indian War. In 1759 South Carolina governor William Henry Lyttelton declared war on the Cherokee nation partly in retaliation for what he perceived as unprovoked attacks on backcountry settlements. </p><p>Catie's story challenges many common notions about early America. It also presents the Cherokee as a sovereign and powerful nation whose alliance was important to Britain and addresses the complex issues of race, class, and ethnicity that united and divided the British, the Cherokee, the Scottish highlanders, and the Scottish lowlanders, while it incorporates issues of power that led to increased violence toward women on the early American frontier.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>The events of the Anglo-Cherokee War in 1759-60 in South Carolina are brought vividly to modern readers in a meticulously researched tale...Patient and sophisticated readers will find the story compelling and deeply moving and its heroine unforgettable.</p>-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred)"<br><br><p>The novel is noteworthy for its setting, circumstances germane to Colonial American history yet little known.... A unique historical fiction title with a compelling plot and unique backdrop, taking place during a little-known skirmish in a pivotal time of American history.</p>-- "School Library Journal"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>A native of Greenville, South Carolina, <b>Courtney McKinney-Whitaker</b> holds a bachelor's degree in history from the University of South Carolina Honors College, a master's of library and information science from the University of South Carolina, and a master's in English from Illinois State University. She lives in Illinois with her family. Visit her website at courtneymckinneywhitaker.com or follow her on Twitter @courtneymckwhit</p>
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