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Violence
Some
Period violence; the frontier and ocean voyage involve real danger
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some period drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of family loyalty, cultural clash, and the cost of crossing worlds
What this book is about
The second Wilderness novel follows Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner from the American frontier to Scotland as they pursue Nathaniel's father who has been taken prisoner. Sara Donati's historical fiction series is epic in scale, crossing continents and involving multiple overlapping storylines while maintaining the warmth of the central family relationship.
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