News of the World by Paulette Jiles

 aired the week of April 13, 2026

News of the World by Paulette Jiles is a novella written in 2016 set in Texas after the end of the Civil War.  Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels around to towns in Texas to read the news.  In one town he is entrusted with a young girl who was a captive of the Kiowa Indians for four years.  It is his job to return her to her relatives south near San Antonio.  Only Johanna doesn't want to be returned to white people she doesn't know she wants to go back to her real family in Oklahoma.  Join Johanna and the Captain as they make the long and dangerous journey south.