Soft Rain
A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears
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4.4 • 43 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
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 but soon thereafter, soldiers arrive to take nine-year-old, Soft Rain, and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind.
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.
Praise for Soft Rain:
"An eye-opening introduction to this painful period of American history."--Publisher's Weekly
"The characters themselves transform a sorrowful story of adversity into a tale of human resilience."--Kirkus Reviews
"This gentle child's-eye view will move readers enormously."--Jane Yolen
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In what PW called "an eye-opening introduction to a painful period of American history," a Cherokee girl recounts the hardships of 1838 leading up to and including the journey along the Trail of Tears. Ages 8-12.
Customer Reviews
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The whole story was great. After you've read a chapter you just have to go to the next one. You'll be finished in a week. It's THAT good. I even read it twice. It's hard to go to another book
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i enjoyed this book it was for a windstock project and hard to discribe because i read it in 3 weeks it was hard to remember all of this book cause it was so good you should totaly read it