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Thrown to the Wind

by Amanda M. Cetas

A boy’s journey from France to America

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A boy’s journey from France to America

Set in 1660, the story places Etienne Gayneau amid religious divisions in France, where his family faces danger because his father is considered a heretic. Etienne’s choices center on loyalty to family and his bond with his Catholic cousin, while the journey to America brings further challenges. The description also signals a personal reckoning with guilt over his brother’s death, alongside physical dangers including injury and illness. The book is presented as based on true events, with a young protagonist confronting the pull between family expectations and shaping his own future.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in historical fiction set in seventeenth-century Europe.
  • Readers curious about religious divisions in France and a family’s journey to America.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about young people facing difficult choices and personal responsibility.

Themes

Religious divisionFamily loyaltyCourage and self-determinationGuilt and responsibilityJourney and displacement

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Book overview

Based on true events, this story traces one boy's journey from France to America in 1660 as he finds the courage to save himself and those he loves.

Etienne Gayneau doesn't understand why the Catholics and Protestants in France can't get along, only that it means he's not allowed to see his cousin and best friend, Nicolas, and why he'll never be a musketeer. But when a bounty is placed on his father's head for being a heretic, he must choose to flee with his family, or to run away and hide out with his Catholic cousin.

Etienne must give up everything he has ever known as he faces many dangers on his journey. Along the way, Etienne will befriend a beautiful Dutch girl with a dangerous father, confront his guilt over the death of his brother, and face off against injury, illness, and death. Will Etienne choose to fulfill his family's expectations, or will he plot the course for his own destiny?

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