Chapter 2 opens with a third person narrator describing a man it is not yet clear who this is but it turns out later to be jacob wading through the ocean from a boat to the shorewhen he arrives on the beach he turns and waves at the crew of the sloop that has dropped him off but he can no longer see the boat in the fog. Mercy carter is a young girl living in the english colony of deerfield massachusetts one dark cold winter night her life changes forever indians attack the settlement kill many people and take the rest captive. The ransom of mercy carter is a sentimental book for me because i dearly loved it growing up however when i re read this book in my adult life i was saddened by the realizations i had regarding some of the potentially problematic narratives that naturally emerge from a story about native americans written solely from the perspective of a white settler. Jul 11 2020 free book the ransom of mercy carter chapter summary by mary higgins clark mercy carter is a young girl living in the english colony of deerfield massachusetts one dark cold winter night her life changes forever indians attack the settlement kill many people and take the rest. Write the summary for the book you actually read start reading the ransom of mercy carter on monday explain the mix up to your teacher and offer to submit the summary you wrote of the book you actually read this will at least show that you made a sincere effort and will likely get you an extension