In the winter of his eleventh year Little Hawk goes deep into the forest where he must endure a three-month test of solitude & survival which will turn him into a man But outside the woods the world is changing English settlers are landing on the shores of the New World & tensions between native tribes & the invaders are rising Little Hawk's fate becomes irreversibly entwined with that of John a young English boy who dares to question intolerance He is witness to a secret murder
- will he now be witness to bloodshed between nationss HORTLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2014