Kidnapped!
The cabin door crashes open and in a few minutes ten-year-old Regina's life changes forever. Her father and brother are killed, her... read full description
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Sep 27, 2011
Chris
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The cabin door crashes open-and in a few minutes Regina's life changes forever. Allegheny Indians murder her father and brother, burn their Pennsylvania home to the ground, and take Regina captive. Only her mother, who is away from home, is safe. Torn from her family, Regina longs for the past, but she must begin a new life. She becomes Tskinnak, who learns to catch fish, dance the Indian dance, and speak the Indian tongue. As the years go by, her new people become her family . . . but she never
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Nov 11, 2011
Christina
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I AM REGINA is about a girl named Regina who gets captured by Native Americans and is adopted by an Indian family. Throughout the book, Regina (now named Tskinnak) struggles with her loyalty to the "white man" and to her alliance with the Indian tribe that has become her new family and her friends.
This book was really interesting read! The action starts off right away and the author is able to keep readers interested as the plot continues. At first I was a little wary of More...
This book was really interesting read! The action starts off right away and the author is able to keep readers interested as the plot continues. At first I was a little wary of More...
Jan 22, 2012
Rachel
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Based on a true story, this book did one of the best jobs I can remember imparting to my younger self the emotional reality behind history. With Regina, the Indians start off as enemies. They kill her father and brother in their own home, they separate her and her sister, and with her new family she is forced to keep looking at her father's shrunken scalp. But as time goes on Regina turns into Tskinnak, befriended by kindly Nonschetto (whom she then loses) and learning that her new community
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Sep 10, 2009
Sandra
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Though the protagonist of this story is only 10 when the story begins, the story covers her nine year captivity/life with the Allegheny Indians during the French and Indian War. The themes are mature, including a lot of bloody violence, much brutality, and an attempted rape, (though the description is tasteful and inoffensive). The protagonist is based on an actual captive who learned to live and survive as an Indian, then had a hard time adjusting to white society. Very positive. Very good
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May 15, 2008
Kristi
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I liked this book. My daughter is named Regina and this book has a character about the same age who is captured by indians during the pre-revolution time period. She is ordered to carry a 2 year old girl all the way back to the indian's camp. My own Regina carries my 2 year old, Maggie, everywhere, so this book was easy to picture in that respect. Regina was captured from Pennsylvania in the Allegheny Mts - very, very near to the place where Dave's ancestors settled in the very same time per
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Aug 01, 2011
Jeff
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For as much of a history buff that I am, I feel like I didn't often go back as far as the time of the French and Indian War. The first half of this book it was at hard times to get into or stick with, however, as the book went on, I really appreciated how it kept me engaged. The author did a very good job of portraying Regina's situation and her thoughts to help the reader understand what it must've been like to live as a captive of the Indians for many years. Will Regina ever reunite with her
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Apr 07, 2011
Devyn
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Regina is a girl who is taken from her families by Indians to live a new life with a completely new identity. As she journeys with the natives she meets other who have been taken from their families. Her perspective slowly changes until she barely remembers her former life.
I wasn't sure about this book, I thought it was strange looking, but I am so glad that I picked it up! It is such an amazing book and is written very well. Regina's voice completely changes as she changes.
I wasn't sure about this book, I thought it was strange looking, but I am so glad that I picked it up! It is such an amazing book and is written very well. Regina's voice completely changes as she changes.
Jul 13, 2009
Erica
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I used to love this book when I was younger. I decided to read it again and I still really like this book. It's about a girl who is kidnapped by Indians in Pennsylvania when she is 11 years old. It goes through he life during the 9 years she was with the Indians. It's a historical fiction book, but is based off of a real story of a girl named Regina. At times it was a little slow. If you enjoy reading historical fiction books, you'll probably like this book. You really feel for the charact
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Dec 20, 2010
Rachel
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Well-researched and powerful. Through Regina's decade as a captive during the French and Indian War, children get to see the devastating effects of European diseases, land-intrusion, alcohol, and constant war on a small tribe. The practice of taking captives and adopting them into families, seen in the context of dwindling Native populations, begins to make perfect sense as the act of a people forced to adapt and fight for their very survival.
Jan 23, 2009
Elizabeth.h
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Boom! Crash! The door slams as just then the cabin goes up in flames.An indian tribe has just killed her father and brother.The indains tie her and her sister hands and they wonder what is going on.The indians spear her her sisters lives.Her mother and older brother will soon find out what went on when they return from there journey.If you want to find out what happens to Regina and her family read I Am Regina.
Feb 09, 2011
Dotty
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I am Tskinnak. I am white but I have been with Woelfin and the other Indians of our village for 9 winters. I don’t remember how I got here and the only words of the white man’s tongue I remember are in a song my mother sang me when I was a small child.
I’m not sure I would have the strength or courage Regina had. This was a very heart renching book.
I’m not sure I would have the strength or courage Regina had. This was a very heart renching book.
Aug 30, 2010
Christy
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I was very interested in this book, because it is set in the area where I was born. I was concerned that Keehn would portray Native American in a very negative way. Keehn spared no brutality and portrayed the French and Indian war, the English settlers and the Indians in a fair and accurate way. The story really hinged upon Regina having two identities. She was truly a child of two worlds. I enjoyed the book although it may be a little intense for some squeamish, younger readers.
Jun 15, 2011
Elaine
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Regina is kidnapped by Indians and has to learn a new life. Definitely raises some good questions about the brutality by both sides during the pre-Revolutionary era. Story is based on a true story. Would be a good companion to A Light in the Forest and a good middle school read.
Jan 12, 2011
Sophia
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Mar 18, 2011
Yasmin
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My sister loved this book and I could never figure out exactly why. As far as I know, she never read any real capture narratives. I always confused this one and "Calico Captive" by Elizabeth George Speare.
Feb 11, 2009
I remember reading this as a teen---and the point is I still remember it. I remember being fascinated by the story and the fact she had been abducted by native americans and had watched them scalp her family.
May 13, 2009
Megan
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This is one of the best books I have ever read (granted, I read it quite a few years ago, but still!). You really fall in love with the characters, and it is both exciting and touching at the same time.
Apr 08, 2010
Grace
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I can't remember much about this, since I read it when I was, what, 12? 12ish?
There was a rape scene in it. Scarred me for life. Wish the book cover/description WARNED me better.
There was a rape scene in it. Scarred me for life. Wish the book cover/description WARNED me better.
Feb 13, 2011
Jennifer
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Yet another book I read in 7th grade for school. I remember this more than other books I read at that time, but I wasn't in love with it.
Feb 23, 2010
Camie
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Again, another book the demonstrates what a powerful thing the will to live can be. An amazing book based on a true story!!
Jan 28, 2009
Alicia
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This book was amazing. A life of a girl,captured by Indians... This book is a ture story, magical and realistic alike.
Dec 13, 2011
I've been looking for this book for years! I'm so glad I found the name of it here so that I can finally reread it.
Dec 05, 2009
Lisa
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I loved reading this book so many years ago and plan to reread it soon and see if it's still as good as I remember.
Oct 06, 2007
Pearl
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A kidnapped pioneer child is raised by the Native Americans that killed her family. She is adopted,learns to be a member of the tribe, then is kidnapped once again by the US Army, who make her wear stockings, march through desert, and is made to be white again, returning her to her "real" family. I was really moved by this book when I was a child and while the biases are obvious, it still is extremely moving. It was one of my first tastes in US history and Native American way of lif
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Oct 24, 2011
Mary
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Excellent book!! I enoyed it thoroughly. Regina was nine when captured by Indians, and nineteen when soldiers came from her. This story shows the struggle of the captives of Indians. How after living with them for awhile, wonder where their loyalties lie... WHO they are. Are they Indian, are they white? Who was wrong, who was right? Regina saw first hand the tragedies of both peoples. Part of her family was slaughtered by Indians, yet after living in the village for a time, her good Indian frien
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Oct 16, 2009
Issa
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This was the first "good" book I read as a younger adult. I still love it to this day.
Jun 11, 2009
Angypants
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Loved it. Hated the thought of being scalped. Have a copy in storage somewhere, I think.
Jun 29, 2011
Julietta
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It's very exciting and in a great first-person view. I really liked it!
Jul 19, 2010
Ms.laroche
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A young girl is captured by Allegheny Indians during the French and Indian war.
Jun 10, 2009
Ednauh
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I love how the author captured you in the time and all the details she gives.
