News of the World

Interesting historical fiction about a young German immigrant girl captured by the Kiowa and then sold back after a few years. The story is about her long travel through Texas with an older man, Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd, who aims to return her to whatever relatives are left. Time is 1870, shortly after the end of the Civil War, with Texas in a tumultuous state. 2016 National Book Award nominee. The author was a poet prior to the publication of this novel and the imagery is vivid and engaging.