Daughter of the Fifth Moon
When a neighboring tribe attacks her peaceful village, Nyna is set adrift in a canoe. Three days later, she comes ashore in a distant land and is found by a boy named Joog, who belongs to another tribe, the Ais. Although the tribe lets her stay, she is never fully accepted.
As Nyna and Joog grow older, they grow attracted to each other but realize that the tribe will never accept their marriage. Meanwhile, Guacana, an Ais boy who has hated Nyna from the beginning, constantly finds new ways to torment her. But Nyna is determined to survive, and to find her people again.
Daughter of the Fifth Moon is enjoyable and certain to appeal to fans of Jean Auel’s Clan of the Cave Bear. McKee does an excellent job describing the details of life in the prehistoric Caribbean. However, the characters could have been better developed. Nyna is a strong character, but I felt I never really got to know her; other characters are one-dimensional. Though the book is written in a simple style, some of the content is not suitable for children. But Daughter of the Fifth Moon did make me want to read other books by this author.
