{"product_id":"the-light-in-the-forest-paperback-2","title":"The Light in the Forest - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConrad Richter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn adventurous story of a frontier boy raised by Indians, \u003ci\u003eThe Light in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e is a beloved American classic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen John Cameron Butler was a child, he was captured in a raid on the Pennsylvania frontier and adopted by the great warrrior Cuyloga. Renamed True Son, he came to think of himself as fully Indian. But eleven years later his tribe, the Lenni Lenape, has signed a treaty with the white men and agreed to return their captives, including fifteen-year-old True Son. Now he must go back to the family he has forgotten, whose language is no longer his, and whose ways of dress and behavior are as strange to him as the ways of the forest are to them.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen John Cameron Butler was a child, he was captured in a raid on the Pennsylvania frontier and adopted by the great warrrior Cuyloga. Renamed True Son, he came to think of himself as fully Indian. But eleven years later his tribe, the Lenni Lenape, has signed a treaty with the white men and agreed to return their captives, including fifteen-year-old True Son. Now he must go back to the family he has forgotten, whose language is no longer his, and whose ways of dress and behavior are as strange to him as the ways of the forest are to them. A beautifully written, sensitively told story of a white boy brought up by Indians, The Light in the Forest is a beloved American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eConrad Richter was born in Pennsylvania, the son, grandson, nephew, and great-nephew of clergymen. He was intended for the ministry, but at thirteen he declines a scholarship and left preperatory school for high school, from which he graduated at fifteen. After graduation, he went to work. His family on his mother's side was identified with the early American scene, and from boyhood on he was saturated with tales and the color of Eastern pioneer days. In 1928 he and his small family moved to New Mexico, where his heart and mind were soon caputred by the Southwest. From this time on he devoted himself to fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trees\u003c\/i\u003e were awarded the gold medal of the Societies of Libraries of New York University in 1942. \u003ci\u003eThe Town\u003c\/i\u003e received the Pulitzer Prize in 1951, and \u003ci\u003eThe Waters of Kronos\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1960 National Book Award for fiction. His other novels included \u003ci\u003eThe Fields \u003c\/i\u003e(1946), \u003ci\u003eThe Lady \u003c\/i\u003e(1957), \u003ci\u003eA Simple Honorable Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), \u003ci\u003eThe Grandfathers \u003c\/i\u003e(1964), \u003ci\u003eA Country of Strangers \u003c\/i\u003e(1966; a companion to \u003ci\u003eThe Light in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eThe Aristocrat\u003c\/i\u003e, published just before his death in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 179\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.06 x 4.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Light in the Forest\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300534010105,"sku":"9781400077885","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bHdSdUtpM3NrV05WRW81VkpNMUlKZz09_0dfc2226-0b1c-470c-b9be-59189a8a1e36.webp?v=1769253775","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-light-in-the-forest-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}