For those of you looking for a great, character-driven novel that will steal your heart, look no further. “News of the World” by Paulette Jiles has been on my radar for years, though it took me quite a while to get around to it, I’m so glad I finally made the time. Of course, Johanna teaches her Kep-den a thing or two as well.īeautifully written, thought-provoking and heartfelt, tears filled my eyes more than once while reading this character-driven novel. Teaching Johanna how to cook, how to hold a fork, and what to do in times of danger. Then Captain works to build trust, one moment at a time. Paulette Jiles 1) News of the world: a novel 2) Simon the fiddler: a novel 3) Waterloo Express 4) Stormy weather 5) Enemy women 6) The color of lightning. At first, the two must learn to communicate in some fashion which Captain works quite hard at (be still my heart!). 321 pages, Paperback First published FebruBook details & editions About the author Paulette Jiles 23 books1,928 followers Paulette Jiles is an American poet and novelist. Raised by Kiowa for the last four years, the girl doesn’t speak or understand English and desperately wants to go back to them.Īnd so it begins for Captain (Kep-den) and the girl known as Johanna (Chohenna) over a 400-mile journey.

Captain Kidd has now been tasked with returning her to her relatives in San Antonio whom she has never met. While in Wichita Falls, Captain Kidd is offered $50.00 to take on an orphan girl, who was kidnapped four years prior, at the age of six by some Kiowa Indians who upon taking her, killed her parents. Vera Wongs Unsolicited Guide to Murder by Jesse Q.

Now that the Civil War has ended, widower Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd has become a News Reader, traveling throughout the land reading the “News of the World.”

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