Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears

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,” Soft Rain is not concerned. She is confident that her family will not have to move, because they have just planted corn for the next harvest. But when soldiers arrive to take nine-year-old Soft Rain and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, she must leave the rest of her family behind, journeying across rivers, valleys, and mountains; eating the white man’s food; and watching many of her people die. A story of adversity and resilience during a painful period of American history. 128 pages, softcover.