Soft Rain A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears

by Cornelissen, Cornelia

• ISBN13: 9780440412427
• ISBN10: 0440412420
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-09
• Publisher: Yearling

Summary

In Soft Rain, a 9-year-old Cherokee girl finds herself in the same situation as Sweet Leaf as soldiers arrive one day to take her and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind. 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. 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Map	p. ii
A Sad Letter	p. 1
The Little People	p. 8
Green Fern	p. 15
Planting Selu	p. 19
The Doll	p. 24
To the Stockade	p. 28
In the Pen	p. 36
The Coughing Disease	p. 43
Rain Comes	p. 51
The Young Chief	p. 58
Rattlesnake Springs	p. 63
Rivers, Valleys, and Mountains	p. 69
The Barn	p. 76
A New Leader	p. 83
The Mississippi River	p. 91
White Children	p. 97
The Last Apple	p. 103
About the Cherokee Nation	p. 110
Suggested Reading for Children	p. 113
Selected Bibliography	p. 114
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