Review: Fighters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2013
Emma and Akecheta met when he snatched her from the icy waters to save her from certain drowning. They had both lost their natural parents, and both were living with surrogate families. Her loss had been recent and she felt like a stranger forced to live in a strange state. She was willful and headstrong. He was already man of the house at age twelve. He never had money for new boots. He couldn't think about food. Chores came first. Town boys jeered at him but he ignored them. They didn't understand the sense of responsibility. Grandfather said, "You have to make yourself into a man you can respect." He watched over Emma. She owed him her life after he saved her. After he taught her how to shoot a rifle, she returned the favor by killing a rattlesnake that threatened him.Facing down a grizzly seemed easier than leaving home to attend the university in Manhattan, New York. Now called Isaac, he immersed himself in studies, paid strict attention, and wrote home every week. Jonathan was his best friend, and his sister, Winifred was gorgeous. Akecheta is offered a spot at the Montgomery and Carlson Law Firm after his graduation. He is torn between the past, his duties, and a brighter future. Unbeknownst to Akecheta, his grandparents do not have money enough for his last year of college. They have kept many secrets from him that now emerge.This is a story of dedicated love and the lessons that must be learned before one reaches maturity. They still matched perfectly.