| Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears Contributor(s): Cornelissen, Cornelia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0780798937 ISBN-13: 9780780798939 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $16.36 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: November 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 650 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.7" (0.40 lbs) 115 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 32159 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Soft Rain, a 9-year-old Cherokee girl finds herself in the same situation as Sweet Leaf as soldiers arrive one day to take her and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind. It all begins when Soft Rain's teacher reads a letter stating that as of May 23, 1838, all Cherokee people are to leave their land and move to what many Cherokees called " the land of darkness" . . .the west. Soft Rain is confident that her family will not have to move, because they have just planted corn for the next harvest. Because Soft Rain knows some of the white man's language, she soon learns that they must travel across rivers, valleys, and mountains. On the journey, she is forced to eat the white man's food and sees many of her people die. Her courage and hope are restored when she is reunited with her father, a leader on the Trail, chosen to bring her people safely to their new land. |