A review by hayleybeale
Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War by Helen Frost

3.0

Interesting novel in verse about the friendship between a Native American boy and an American boy set at the time of the War of 1812. I like the two voices and the two different shapes of the verses (and Frost's explanation of what they are). The testing of the friendship and of the relationship between the settlers and the tribes is evoked well. I read the ARC and my concern is that there is no historical note - not sure if this will be the case with the final book. Though there ia a note at the beginning that sets up the situation I feel the book really needs one to describe what actually happened and the aftermath.