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THE RANSOM OF MERCY CARTER

THE RANSOM OF MERCY CARTER

Caroline B. Cooney, . . Dell/Laurel-Leaf, $5.50 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-440-22775-5

PW called this novel based on an actual 1704 Indian raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Mass., "gripping and thought-provoking." Ages 12-up. (Nov.)