Synopsis Ghost Hawk chronicles the experiences of two young men named Little Hawk and John Wakeley, who grow up in different environments but are caught in the same conflict between the English and the Indians in the Indian Wars of 'America. Plot Summary The story began when an Indian man took out the blade of a tomahawk and twisted two thin branches of a small bitter nut tree on a salt marsh around the blade. Eleven years later, the same man cut down the same tree and gave the finished tomahawk to his son, Little Hawk. She informed him that he would follow a ritual that would require him to survive three months alone in the woods. Upon his return, Little Hawk will finally prove himself to be a man. The tomahawk is one of the things he might bring with him during the ritual. Three other boys will also do the same as Little Hawk. After three months of solitude, Little Hawk triumphantly finds his way home only to discover that his entire village is dead. His grandmother, Suncatcher, is the only one in the village. The two continued their life in a new village. When spring came, two Englishmen and a seven-year-old boy arrived with an Indian translator named Squanto. The boy sneaked away from his father while he was being taught to fish and playing with the other children. The boy told Little Hawk his name. His name was John Wakeley. Soon the white men returned and took the boy away. About three years later, Little Hawk and Leaping Turtle were chosen to be runners. Runners carried messages to and from the Indian sachem's house. Halfway through the journey they heard screams. Little Hawk ran towards them and saw a white man lying crushed under a large tree and another man trapped by the leg in... the middle of a sheet of paper... frozen in silence, staring at [Little Hawk]' he the broken chest and the bright blood, and [his] face with wide eyes that could no longer see.” I can't even relate to Little Hawk, because he had to survive three months in the woods. I can't even make a fire, yet I survive every cold night for three months. But I can identify with John when he believed something but other people believed something else. This book affected me because it changed my view of America's first settlers. At first I thought they were cool and the Indians were terrifying. After this book, I have a negative view towards the English. I would recommend this book mostly to teens and up because I didn't feel like I related to the characters very much. Overall, this is a pretty good book and I would read more about the history of the Indians and early settlers of America.