Set during the Anglo-Cherokee War (1758-1761), The Last Sister, by Courtney McKinney-Whitaker, 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. This journey leads Catie across rural South Carolina and through Cherokee territory-where she...
Set during the Anglo-Cherokee War (1758-1761), The Last Sister, by Courtney McKinney-Whitaker, traces a young woman's journey through grief, vengeance...