Young boy is playing hides in a log, is captured by Native Americans after puking gives him away, adapts their lifestyle, forgets old life, becomes one of them. Spoiler ahead.

[juno]

- goes back to his original hometown years later and starts to remember pieces of it.
- Part where he spills a bowl of oatmeal/soup causing him to remember puking and being kidnapped, if I remember correctly, he eventually realizes the evil his people are doing and goes back to his original life/family/town.

[juno]

Mistake: (read in about 2009)***

[juno]

SPOILER ALERT BY THE WAY SORRY

[Kris]

Avery, can you tell us more about the boy - how did he get separated from his family, what jobs/skills do his parents have, any siblings/friends, do they live in a small U.S. prairie town or are they traveling in a wagon train (going to where), etc.?

[juno]

The Native Americans captured him, after that there is little mention of his parents or old life.

[juno]

They have a house, not moving around

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Jesse, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Rainbowheart]

Does anything on this thread look familiar?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kris]

He's playing hide & seek (with who?) and hiding in a log? Who are his birth parents, and where were they born?

[juno]

Kris wrote: "He's playing hide & seek (with who?) and hiding in a log? Who are his birth parents, and where were they born?"

He might've been playing hide and seek with his sibling, and I'm not sure his parents are a significant part of the story. From what I remember, they are barely mentioned until later on in the book.

[juno]

Rainbowheart wrote: "Does anything on this thread look familiar?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

No, none of those look familiar. I think the title of the book was short and included the name of an animal.