The Christmas surprise

By Ruth Nulton Moore

Subjects: Christmas, fiction, Moravians, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction, Christian life, fiction, Christian life, Indians of North America, United States French and Indian War, 1755-1763, Fiction, Children's fiction, History

Description: In 1755, during the French and Indian War, Kate Stewart, nursing a burning hatred for the Indians who killed her parents and kidnapped her young brother, goes to live with the Moravian community in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is horrified by their calm disregard of a threatened Indian raid as they prepare for a special Christmas.