The Survivalist's Daughter

Be careful what you wish for At sixteen, Kindra Johnson lives with her parents and thirteen-month-old brother in a Colorado mountain cabin. Home-schooled, she wants to experience a wider world, but her parents, members of a survival group, won't even take her to a mall. Her quiet life is shattered when ATF and FBI agents raid her home, kill her mother, arrest her father, and rip her baby brother from her arms. Soon after her father's arrest, Kindra learns that the life she led with her parents was a lie, that the woman killed was not her mother, that her parents divorced when she was a toddler, and her father kidnapped her. Kindra's birth mother comes for her and takes her home to Kansas. Even as Kindra tries to adjust, she is filled with doubts. Is the family who has taken her in really hers, or is this an FBI trick to get her to betray her father? Will she ever see her brother again and be able to fulfill the promise she made to watch over him and keep him safe? If you like young adult, coming of age stories featuring a resilient, courageous main character who faces loss and new challenges with spunk and determination, then you'll enjoy this 56,000-word novel, The Survivalist's Daughter.