The Trail of Tears
by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Diana Magnuson.
- New York : Random House, 1999.
- 46 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
- Step into reading. Step 4 book .
Readers (Elementary)
Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.
610 Lexile.
0439253942 (pbk.) 3.99 0679990526
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839--Juvenile literature. Cherokee Indians--History--19th century--Juvenile literature. Cherokee Indians--Relocation--Juvenile literature. Indians of North America--History--Southern States--Juvenile literature. Trail of Tears, 1838. Cherokee Indians--History.