In 1830, eleven-year-old Victor is the son of an Apsáalooke war chief in the Bighorn mountains, but his mother, Rosa, comes from a faraway land called "Trinidad." When an ill-fated stranger arrives in the tribe's camp, Rosa whisks Victor away on what will become a life-changing journey. Rosa's own story unfolds along the way, of growing up as a headstrong girl on her beloved father's farm before English occupiers arrive to threaten all she holds dear. A sweeping coming-of-age novel about family, freedom, and survival in a world beset by colonial violence and greed, Book of the Little Axe is an immersive, heart-stirring read.