A book that builds with spellbinding intensity is [Soul Catchers, the] story of a young Indian graduate student in anthropology who works summers as a counselor in a boys camp. Slowly he becomes convinced that his mission is to expiate the sins of the white man toward his people by taking the life of an "innocent."… The values of the old Indian culture are highlighted in this moving story which can lead to an exciting exchange of ideas among students. (p. 91)
G. Robert Carlsen, in English Journal (copyright © 1974 by the National Council of Teachers of English), February, 1974.
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