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Caleb's Crossing

by Geraldine Brooks

$32.99 | Paperback | April 2011

In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. From the few facts that survive of his extraordinary life, Geraldine Brooks creates a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. When Bethia Mayfield, a spirited twelve-year-old living in the rigid confines of an English Puritan settlement - and the daughter of a Calvinist minister - meets Caleb, the young son of a Wampanoag chieftain, the two forge a secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other. As Bethiaa's father feels called to convert the Wampanoag to his own strict faith, he awakens the wrath of the medicine men. Caleb becomes a prize in a contest between old ways and new, eventually taking his place at Harvard, studying Latin and Greek alongside the sons of the colonial elite. Fighting for a voice in a society that requires her silence, Bethia becomes entangled in Caleba's struggle to navigate the intellectual and cultural shoals that divide their two cultures. Once again, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks brings to vivid life a shard of little-known history, and through Bethia and Caleb explores the intimate spaces of the human heart.
Set on Martha’s Vineyard (Geraldine’s home), this is the story of Caleb, a young Indigenous boy whom became the first Indian to graduate from Cambridge University four hundred years ago. Equally central to the story is the character Betthia, an intelligent young women who by virtue of her sex had even less opportunity than Caleb. Race and gender status are the central themes, but you can also feel Brook’s love for the beauty of the island in her beautiful and powerful descriptions. This book is reminiscent of the Year of Wonders and will appeal to all ages.

Top 5 Books of 2011 - Adult

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