Stone River Crossing
- Subject
- Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Tu Books
- Size
- 13.2 cm Ă 19.3 cm
- ISBN
- 9781620148235
From the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime.
Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries. The Bok Chitto is the only border between her town in the Choctaw Nation and the slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory. The slave owners could catch her, too. What was she thinking? But crossing the river brings a surprise friendship with Lil Mo, a boy who is enslaved on the other side. Then Lil Mo discovers that his mother is about to be sold and the rest of his family left behind. But Martha Tom has the answer: cross the Bok Chitto and become free.
Crossing to freedom with his family seems impossible with slave catchers roaming, but then there is a miracle--a magical night where things become unseen and souls walk on water. By morning, Lil Mo discovers he has entered a completely new world of tradition, community, and ... a little magic. But as Lil Mo's family adjusts to their new life, danger waits just around the corner.
In an expansion of his award-winning picture book Crossing Bok Chitto, acclaimed Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle offers a story that reminds readers that the strongest bridge between cultures is friendship.
About the author
Tim TingleAuthor
Tim Tingle is an Oklahoma Choctaw, an award-winning storyteller, and the author of more than twenty books for children, teenagers, and adults. His titles have been recognized by the American Indian Youth Literature Award four times and nominated for numerous state awards. He received his master's degree from the University of Oklahoma with a focus in American Indian Studies. Tingle lives in Texas. Visit his website at timtingle.com.
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What reviewers said
"In both bridge and crossing, master storyteller Tim Tingle continues this miraculous journey without sparing awe, adventure, or his signature wit. A spectacular crossing to the end."
"Crack open the cover of this book, and step into the worlds of two different communitiesâthat of the Choctaw, and that of the Plantation. Separating them is a river, but that is not the only thing that divides them. Tim Tingle masterfully shines a light on both worlds, and in his young characters he manages to illuminate the human heart in all of its various bits and pieces. This is storytelling at its best."
"I tore through the book, fueled by the fast-paced action, humor and mystery which kept drawing me in! I keep thinking about Lil Mo and his journey. Tingle masterfully weaves together this highly recommended story. Stone River Crossing is a must read for all who know what it's like to strive to grow and learn about: freedom, friendship and fortitude."
"A potent mix of history, folkways, and friendship, often wrapped in a gossamer web of magic realism. Tingle, a member of the Choctaw Nation, draws on the group's own stories to spin a tale that begins slowly but builds and twists, until the tension and intensity will have readers at the edge of their chairs."
"Tingle (Choctaw) captures a rarely explored bond that formed during colonization between enslaved Africans and Native Americans, an alliance of survival under white colonial tyranny. He evokes a 19th-century Southern landscape, presenting it through the lens of Americans whose perspectives are too rarely shared. This vital story will deepen readers' understanding of the nation's complex history."
"Richly descriptive and leavened with humor, Tingle's complex novel offers valuable insights into rarely told history."
