Another review from my daughter. She recommends it to kids who are looking for a book about war that is aimed at young adults. Full review: http://www.canadianauthors.net/b/baxter_jean_rae/way_lies_north_the.php

15 year old Charlotte Hooper and her parents, Loyalists, are forced to leave Mohawk Valley when the Sons of Liberty threaten to destroy all they hold dear. Charlotte has many adventures and meets many people in the story and the Mohawk people play a big role in her life. She becomes knows as the Woman of Two Worlds. This book is an adventure but also a romance as well as a historical look at some of the United Empire Loyalists.
The prologue begins with two main characters; Charlotte who has three brothers (James, Charlie and Isaac) and her family is Tory (Red). The boy she likes is Nick. He is a Whig, a rebel, blue, the Patriots, and he doesn't believe in war and wants to live in a republic.
In Chapter one Charlotte's two brothers have been killed and Isaac is unaccounted. The natives are helping the British. The Loyalists are not safe in Mohawk Valley. John Stuart, the reverend, preaches loyalty to the crown. Charlotte's family buries their valuables to retrieve after the war. Reverend gives them a map to Lake Ontario. Mohawks will meet them at Oneida Lake. While releasing the cows, Charlotte hears a shot and goes to investigate. It is her brother, and he has just been shot. He almost made it home. They bury him.
Charlotte, her mom and dad flee through the forest. They are caught by rebels who try to kiss her knowing she was Nick's girlfriend. The Sons of Liberty let them all live.
Her dad sprains his ankle. Charlotte seeks help in the root cellar of Sadie Cobman, a loyalist. She hears her mom and dad talking in the root cellar, and misses Nick. Mrs. Cobman gets raided and the house gets fired. They break out and save her. The baby, Hope, is born. Charlotte stays behind to tell the boys their mom is safe.
They ration their food and realize they can't go back. Charlotte finds more lost loyalists. Boys want to be part of the war. They're waiting for the Mohawk and are desperately hungry. She meets the leader, Axe Carrier aka Nathaniel Smart. French explorers hired the Huron and paid them in guns. Huron are enemies of the Iroquois who ally with the English. With the fall of quebec, the Indian wars ended. After the Battle for the Plains of Abraham, there was twenty years of peace. With the Stamp Act and No Taxation without Representation, the English are now fighting each other. Oneidas help the Rebels and the Mohawks help the Tories. Sir william Johnson married Molly Brant.
19 year old Okwaho is a scary looking native but Elijah likes him. Charlotte learns to bake a pheasant in clay. Moses runs off but is found by Axe. elijah learns to shoot a bow and arrow. They feast on deer meat. Charlotte finds out that Okwaho likes her when he gives her a present of mocassins. Moses runs off to Oneida territory. His mom is frantic. They go in a canoe to find him but only find his discarded clothes. Axe says they were once united people, but are no longer.
Charlotte's mom is ill, has a fever, but recovers. They're all in a tent on Carleton Island. Winter - Charlotte and her dad go to scout a new location for a house. He falls through the ice and has to have three toes removed. Charlotte gets news of Nick. He is now a courier. Spring - Elijah goes to war. Papa's foot heals. He can't claim the cleared land. He's starting to feel betrayed. Indian villages are being burned. She hears about the death of a courier and is thankful that it wasn't Nick. Nick returns, he and Charlotte get engaged, they plan to retrieve land papers from the house because there is no compensation without proof of loss. Charlotte's mom dies.
Nick and Charlotte begin their journey. Nick falls in rapids and almost dies. The canoe gets lost and found, their food rots, they work planting potatoes to get food.
They dig up what they need, but get noticed. Nick thinks he kills Ben but he didn't. During their escape from the farm, Nick and Charlotte get separated. Charlotte falls down a hill and blacks out. She is captured by Oneida. they heal her because she's a hostage. Moses Cobman is there and acts as a translator. He's now called Broken Trail. She offers to try to reunite the Mohawk and Oneida and writes to Axe Carrier. She sees the natives dance. She goes home to Nick and her dad. She and Nick are getting married. ( )