| Edition |
1st edition. |
| Description |
40 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom. |
| Audience |
Grade 4. |
| Awards |
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2007 |
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American Indian Youth Literature Award - Picture Book, Winner, 2008 |
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Teddy Award, Texas Writers League, 2005. |
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Texas Institute of Letters Best Children's Book, 2006. |
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Skipping Stones Honor Book. |
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Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. |
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Oklahoma Book Award, Best Illustrations, 2007. |
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Oklahoma Book Award, Best Children's Book, 2007. |
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Anne Izard Storyteller's Choice Award. |
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Once Upon A World Children's Book Award, 2007 Honor Book. |
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Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, 2007 |
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American Library Association, Notable Children's Book, 2007. |
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Texas Bluebonnet Master Award List 2008-2009. |
| Subject |
Choctaw Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
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Indians of North America -- Mississippi -- Juvenile fiction.
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Mississippi -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
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Slavery |
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Choctaw Indians |
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Friendship |
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Indians of North America |
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Mississippi https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgxpvDfT9yvtDg4ddFR8C |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction
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Fiction
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History
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Juvenile works
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Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Picture books.
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| Added Author |
Bridges, Jeanne Rorex, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0938317776 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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9780938317777 |
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9781933693200 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1933693207 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1428712607 |
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9781428712607 |
| Standard No. |
9780938317777 |
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