Christian's Hope by Ervin R. Stutzman

Christian’s Hope (Herald Press, October 2016)

When Christian Hochstetler returns to the Amish after seven years in captivity, he finds that many things have shifted.

Captured as a child during the French and Indian War, Christian has spent much of his life among Native Americans, who cared for him and taught him their ways. Now that Christian is home, his father wants him to settle back into their predictable Amish life of farming, and Christian’s budding friendship with Orpha Rupp beckons him to stay as well.

Yet Christian feels restless, and he misses his adoptive Native American family—who raised him as their own son. When faced with a life-altering decision, will Christian choose the Amish identity that his father desires for him? Or will he depart from his family and faith community yet again?

Christian’s Hope tells the story of the younger brother of Joseph and son of Jacob, whom readers have come to love in the first two books in the Return to Northkill series. Based on actual events and written by a descendant of the Hochstetler family,Christian’s Hope brings the sweeping epic of the Return to Northkill series to a soul-stirring end.

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{MORE ABOUT ERVIN R. STUTZMAN}

Ervin R. Stutzman is author of “Jacob’s Choice,” “Joseph’s Dilemma,” “Tobias of the Amish,” and “Emma, A Widow Among the Amish.” Born into an Amish home in Kalona, Iowa, Stutzman based the Return to Northkill series on the life of his ancestor, Jacob Hochstetler. He has been featured on TLC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Find out more about Ervin R. athttp://www.mennomedia.org.

My Take:  This is the third book in a series but I don't feel like you had to have read the other books to enjoy this book.  This book is a different kind of Amish story.  The Main character was kidnapped by Indians when he was young.  He is reunited with his family and other Amish but isn't really accepted because he preferred is life with the Indians. The Amish don't accept him because he is different from them.  There are other things that go on in the story that were interesting.  This series is based on a true event.  This was not your typical Amish book.  

I received a review copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.