Anowara, (= "Turtle") is a child of the Turtle clan of the Haudenosaunee First Nation, or Mohawk people, journeys on life's trail with her spirit helper, Pei Pei Turtle. Together they survive a wrenching divorce, leaving their beloved reservation life; and alienation in mainstream city culture. Tragically, Anowara is severely abused for seven long years. Throughout, she feels abandoned by her despairing mother, Moonlight-on-the-Lake. The child holds tightly to Manitou (God) throughout her experiences of abuse, discrimination, desperation and finally, the struggle for a fine education,...