Jamie Kangas struggles with turbulent emotions caused by the death of his father, who perished in a logging accident-an accident for which Jamie blames himself. While his mother works as cook in a logging camp, Jamie is run ragged as chore boy. The grinding dreariness fades when Jamie meets a Native American boy, Gray Feather, who carries a burden of his own. The two boys become close friends as they face the challenges of a harsh environment and prejudiced world. And as trees fall to the lumberjack's blade, Jamie hears the ghostly words of his father, warning of future catastrophe. “The Home Wind” is a middle-grade children's novel (ages 9 and up), which takes place during the 1870s in a Michigan logging camp.
