Age: 1st-3rd grade
History: Nineteenth century America
Tough Issues: Slavery, Forced relocation of native peoples

Large page illustrations, dialogue, and love against all odds make this a compelling read-aloud for the classroom and an excellent fiction bridge text for discussions about our nation's history and how our people have persevered, loved, and remembered.

The poetic and symbolic text is slightly off-putting at first but services multiple reads.