When ten-year-old Little Bear is taken from his Cheyenne family and sent north to live with his white mother, he believes he’s been betrayed. Soldiers call him Gabriel, the name his mother gave him, cut his hair, and deliver him to a woman he barely remembers—and to her new husband, Henry Barlow.
On the Montana frontier, Gabriel must learn to live between two worlds. The rhythms of the ranch, the laughter of new brothers and sisters, and the kindness of “White Bear,” his stepfather, begin to heal his fear. But prejudice runs deep, and Gabriel soon learns that courage means more than survival—it means finding a way to belong without forgetting who you are.
Tender, powerful, and full of heart, White Bear’s Son is the story of a boy caught between two nations and the family brave enough to love him through both.