White Mist

by Barbara Smucker

May Appleby has always wondered where she came from. She loves her adoptive parents, but wants to know where she gets her dark skin and her long black hair. Could she be of native Indian heritage? Her friend Lee, who has always been proud of his own native background, believes she is. Then one day a mysterious white mist transports May and Lee back in time, to the land of their the shores of Lake Michigan in the 1830s. The white man is settling the land, wiping out the forest—and threatening the very existence of May and Lee's tribe. By the time they discover the secret meaning of their journey to the past and the message they must bring back to the present, it may be too late. May and Lee may be trapped in the past forever.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Helena Ferry]

Svenska: Staden under sanden

[Amal Farrough · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun adventure story with a sweet message about identity and environmentalism. It’s biggest problem is that it is by a white author writing from the perspective of an Indigenous person. The book was written in the 1980s, and most people weren’t aware at the time how problematic that is.

[Che · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Finally found you! This is one of my childhood favorite fantasy book, and this is also the first book I've read. I am grateful for this book because of this my childhood imaginations widened, it opens my heart and mind to wonder about LIFE fantasies and mysteries! :) I Love this book and will definitely read it again :):):)

[Kagama-the Literaturevixen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The elusive book was found!

At a time in my teens this was one of my favorite re-reads.

[Chouzoo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time travel book. Set in 1830s with the arrival of the white man.

[MJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kind of book that makes me want to research both sides to my ancestry, European and First Nations.