I know some people think all Amish books are alike but I can assure you this book is a very different sort of Amish themed story. The young hero, Jonas has a lot of thoughts on what is truly the way to serve God with all your heart. To complicate matters he is engaged and the Civil War is is full swing. Amish traditionally do not engage in any type of warfare. Yet Jonas feels compelled to help in the cause of abolition. Is becoming a soldier so wrong if it is for the right cause? Would God expect him to let others take a risk he himself isn't willing to encounter? His convictions are
mish-mashed with doubts as he thinks on his love Katie. Where does duty begin and end for one's country? And how does God fit into all of this? Jonas and Katie are authentic characters that Drexler makes the reader feel compassion and angst with. Her descriptions of home and frontline of war are realistic and heart rending.
I received this book from Revell but was not required to write a positive review.
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