How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story

Powerful and emotional read. My students were hooked from the first chapter. A touching and important story told in a way that’s easy to connect with. Highly recommend for middle school classrooms!

Im still reading it

Tingle is a native Choctaw . The story is a touching tragic story of how the Choctaw tribe was displaced, tragically from their homes and forced to be moved by the trail of tears. I read this with the 5th grader I was teaching. Many dialogues of right and wrong , and how governments can do some ruthless things to get their way.

We recieved our book today. We can not give a review of the story yet, but wanted to mention the pages where not properly cut. They left one of the sides very jaggity. Ive never seen this before on a book so I assume it wasn't done for style but a mistake. If we like the book we may take it down to a printing center and see if we can get them to cut it straight. Such a shame.

I appreciated this sad, though not hopeless, tale written about the trail of tears by a native author. I think it is important to hear more perspective from native voices.