Many Sparrows by Lori Benton

The year is 1774 and the Ohio-Kentucky border is the location for this work of historical fiction. Despite rising tensions between the white settlers and the Indians, Philip Inglesby packs up his family including a four year old son, Jacob, and his pregnant wife, Clare, and heads west. When their wagon breaks down, Philip goes back for help leaving Clare and Jacob alone. When Philip doesn't return, Clare begins to go into labor and is off in the woods to avoid waking Jacob. When she returns, she finds Jacob missing and assumes he was kidnapped.

Jeremiah Ring comes along and assists Clare in delivering her baby and leads her to the Shawnee people to help her find Jacob. As she lives among the Shawnee people waiting for her son to be given back to her from the
 Indian widow to whom he was given, she learns a great deal about being still and trusting God in the midst of this situation.

I found this a very interesting book about this time period. The characters were well developed and I found myself sympathetic to both the Indians and white settlers as they each sought revenge for the wrongs the other side committed.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.