Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This book was recommended to me by a worker in a local bookseller. Unfortunately, they didn't have it on CD so I ordered it from Amazon for a trip. What a gift to myself!!! I loved it. My trip was two hours (plus a lot of driving around at my destination before I drove the two hours back four days later). When I arrived, it felt like the time (two hours) had gone by in a flash, I was so absorbed in the story. There were ever a couple of times I parked and sat in the car for a few minutes, listening a little longer. Heartwarming, funny, touching, interesting, suspenseful....this novel has it all. Plus, if you get the CD version, the reader is absolutely wonderful. I listen to books on CD all the time (I've actually never used my car radio!) and sometimes the story has been good but the reader not up to it. In this case, the story is told by Captain Jefferson Kidd who is in his 70s. The reader is a male and sound about that age so it seemed very appropriate. At the end of the novel, there was a short section by the author (read on the CD in this case) about true stories of children abducted by Indians and how they fared when they were rescued. She even recommended a book if readers want to know more. It gave me a sense that she really researched the book (it would still have been wonderful if she didn't research it...but that was a plus). If you ever look at reviews that I do, you'll know that I very rarely give five stars, but this book deserves it! Don't miss it!!!