my seashell books - michele l. hinton

Tonawanda is an Iroquois Indian word that translates to swift waters. It is the second novel in the in the Oak Orchard Series.

Tommy is fifteen years old and alone. A mandatory evacuation of his small Western New York village disintegrates into complete chaos and he finds himself the only survivor. The only refuge he can find is a shallow cave in the deep Tonawanda Creek Gorge.

Ingenuity and intelligence are his only assets as he tries to survive. Salvation is west toward Buffalo. He has over twenty-five miles of hostile territory to cover until he can reach the city where the military is barely holding. Enter the Red Eye War with Tommy. The adventure has only started!