Wounded Spirits by April W. Gardner

by Jane Squires
(Wasola, MO. USA)

It took a little while to get to point where I could not put the story down. Yet as one who has Indian blood in my background, I love reading books that don't just paint them as the bad guys.
I love the title. Both the Creeks and the White Man dealt with wounded spirits. One will realize how God can bring healing and hope regardless of the troubles one walks through.
There are always effects in war but faith in God can help one survive.
The battles that rage within a person are so real. Adela wages a battle within about whether she loves Phillip and should marry or not. Circumstances change her course in life. Then she wages more battles about whether to marry Totka, an Indian, because of her faith.
Totka battles whether he can love a white woman and with his beliefs.
Zachariah, Adela's father, wages a battle of revenge and his faith.
I think anyone can read this story and find faith in hard times. Also they can learn a lot about the Creek War. Because at some point in life, we will all face times that try our faith.