Publisher's Synopsis
It's 1893, and Jesse leads the Juhasz caravan west and north to escape persecution. With her baby beside her, she and her family and friends - including six orphan children - ford rivers, battle raging blizzards, and forage to survive in north Michigan woods.
Jesse meets Kajika, Odawa Indian; Wyanet, a shaman healer; and Ahanu, an outcast. She heals the Odawa chief's son, puts Bean Pole's broken bones back together after a lumbering accident, and beats land baron John McGinn with a shovel when he burns the Odawa Burt Lake village. And Esther sings daily - sometimes in two or three voices at the same time. Bert pulls peppermint sticks from an endless pocket. Orphan Hope carries Dulcebella on her shoulder because the scruffy chicken is her spirit totem, and Milos learns to walk again after two years in a wheeled chair. A north Michigan family saga, Beyond the Crooked Tree is miracles and imagination, possibilities and great history.
