Lost in the Mountains

In 1828, Shawn “Skip” Sullivan is somewhere around fourteen years old when the Indians attack his family’s homestead and kill both his mother and father. Warned by the barking dogs, Skip’s mother forced him to hide in the cabin’s false floor. Though Skip is unharmed, his journey is just beginning.

After burying his parents, Skip knows he can’t stay at the cabin alone forever. He remembers that there’s a small settlement with a trading post about thirty miles away, but he hasn’t been there s...