Soft Rain

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ISBN: 9780440412427

A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears

Cornelia Cornelissen

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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
09 November 1999

General fiction (Children's&YA); History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA)

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 arriveto 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

By: Cornelia Cornelissen
Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 91g
ISBN: 9780440412427
ISBN 10: 0440412420
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 09 November 1999
Recommended Age: 8-10
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cornelia Cornelissen is the author of two books for children, Soft Rain- A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears and Music in the Wood.