Follow Whiskey Creek — Candace Simar

**previously published as Escape to Fort Abercrombie Fourteen-year old Ryker Landstad dreams of running away to enlist in the Union Army. After school one day, he discovers his mother and baby sister kidnapped by raiding Sioux. His dying father makes him promise to care for his brother and sister, and fetch help at Fort Abercrombie. Ryker and the twins follow Whiskey Creek to reach the fort--through tall grass and in the middle of an Indian war.