The Trail of Tears

This book is well written and historically correct. It explains mainly the causes( the WHY ) reasons and methods for the removal of the Cherokee from their homelands. It mentions but doesn't go into great depth about what happened to the thousands of Cherokee while on the trail. I thought it would because of the title of the book. If you want to read about the Cherokee life while on the trail, this is not the book. There are other books ( historical fiction) that focus on that topic for this age group. Lastly, this book is a very good overview about The Trail of Tears.

So many to choose from! Great books

Part of our family heritage so it was really interesting for our young reader. He is very aware of social issues so this really met his interests.

This was a very informative book and instructive in so many ways. First, right from its inception, the Democratic Party has been the source of so much woe--from forcing the Cherokees off their lands, to slavery, to Jim Crow laws, to the present moment.Second, in the government's forcible confiscation of Cherokee weapons, we see exactly why Democrats wish to infringe upon citizens' Second Amendment rights. It's never for safety or for anyone's protection, it's to make sure law-abiding citizens have no way of fighting unjust, unconstitutional laws.Third, rather than embrace victimhood and seek reparations--which, of course, the Cherokees would be perfectly justified in demanding from Democrats--the Cherokees have embraced a fighting spirit that seeks to thrive and flourish despite adversity. My three children learned so much from this book.Thank you, Joseph Bruchac!

Many good information within this book. If a child ( or anyone) needed to write a paper this book has much of the information you need. Written in semi story firm so not boring with lots of dates and facts listed although it does give you the dates snd facts. Great book