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SOFT RAIN: A Story of the Cherokee
Trail of Tears, Cornelissen, Cornelia ~~~ $5.99 pb
115 pgs. 1998. Upper elementary, middle school. AR 4.3 MG. "Nine-year-old Soft Rain's story recounts the long, harsh journey her family is forced to take in 1838 when the U.S. government relocates the Cherokee people from the south (North Carolina) to land in the west. A strong, believable character, Soft Rain suffers and perseveres through myriad inhumanities in this accessible and poignant fictionalization of a tragic event." —The Horn Book |