[.ca] Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia ... (ISBN 0152956026)

thoughtprovoking yet sad:
This book wieghed heavy on my heart. In short, a 9 year old white girl, was taken away by Indians, who also killed her family. As years go on, she adapts and "turns injun" . She falls in love with a warrior and bears 3 kids { 2 boys and a girl, the adorable prarie flower}. After 25 years rangers catch her and take her back to whats left of her original family. She doest like it. She cant adapt back to the white ways of life. She doesnt trust whites and they dont trust her, except young Lucy who tries to help her adapt. I guess I kept hoping she would come to love her original family again , but it never happened. Her life was completly miserable. This book was sad and kept getting sadder until the bitter end. The book was good but those looking for a happy ending may not like it.

a different outlook:
I have read this book, and it allows the reader to see a side not shown in other books. It shows more of the Parker Family side, which is also good to see and read what happened. I also would recommend reading to anyone, the Native American side too, which shows what they as a people went through. Ride the Wind, by Lucia St. Clair Robson, another wonderful author, shows the historical side of Native Americans. This book is tremendous, and although this book Where the brokien heart beats is great, Ride the Wind is far better.

Interesting Book:
I read this book through school literature circles. This book is about a girl trapped between two very different worlds and her courage, hope, and strength to get through it all. I thought this book was very interesting but I also thought it was very sad and at times a little boring, but overall it is a good book. Everyone else in my literature circle that was reading the book thought it was sad but very good. I think this book is more of a girl book because it is about a girl and I don't think any guys would like the plot that much and they would think it is boring, but some guys might like it. This book is a very good piece of historical fiction and I recommend it.

Horrible:
I am a seventh grader and had to read this book for school. I personally thought that this book was horrible and it never gets a bit exciting If you have to read it that sucks for you cause its a horrible book from my point of view. But, this is definately not a good book for just reading for fun.

Held captive-but by whom?:
Cynthia Ann Parker was taken from fort parker by the Comanche indians. She became one of them, and eventually married the chief-Peta Nacona. This book details her white family's arduous search for her, and the heartbreak that awaits her when she arrives back in the white man's world. I reccommend this book to anyone who wants to know what true courage really is!