Timid Hare: The Little Captive

"Timid Hare: The Little Captive" by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade, is a story set in the world of Native Americans, about a young white girl, Swift Fawn, who is taken by the Dahcotas and renamed Timid Hare. The story shows her journey as she tries to find herself amidst her captors, focusing on themes like who she is, where she belongs, and contrasting where she grew up to her new life. The book follows her struggles to get used to a new culture and how she makes friends, like Black Bull, and deals with the hardship and cruelty of her captor, but also experiences kindness, especially from Sweet Grass. Ultimately, the story builds to her father saving her, highlighting themes of hope and trying to find who you are.