Through Swamp and Glade: A Tale of the Seminole War

"Through Swamp and Glade: A Tale of the Seminole War" by Kirk Munroe is about a young Seminole leader named Coacoochee, navigating the dangers of the Seminole War. Coacoochee is torn between his people’s desperate fight for survival and the threat of white settlers and greedy slave catchers during a turbulent period in American history. Coacoochee mourns his sister when he meets Nita Pacheco amid Florida's wild landscape. The initial chapters highlight the Seminoles' harsh conditions after being forced off their land and the duplicitous actions of slave traders such as Troup Jeffers. Coacoochee's journey is filled with the threat of violence as he deals with shifting loyalties and the big impact of the white settlers on his life and his friendship with Louis Pacheco.