A review by rebeccatc
News of the World by Paulette Jiles

5.0

News of the World is a classic western that I found to be delightful. Veteran Captain Jeff Kidd agrees to transport ten year old Johanna, who was recently recovered from the Indian tribe that kidnapped her when she was six, four hundred miles through Texas to her relatives. Their adventures made this book hard to put down, it had a humorous side, and the story of a lonely old man helping a traumatized child was heartwarming. The only thing I didn't love about this book was the lack of quotation marks for the dialogue, which I find distracting. Highly recommended.