Tim Tingle
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"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. When Lil Mo discovers that his mother is about to be sold and the rest...
Author
Series
How I became a ghost volume 1
Publisher
RoadRunner Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
HL 480L
Language
English
Description
A Choctaw boy tells the story of his tribe's removal from the only land its people had ever known, and how their journey to Oklahoma led him to become a ghost -- one with the ability to help those he left behind.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
Ã2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A collection of twelve stories of the Choctaw people, including traditional lore arising from beliefs and myths, historical tales passed down through generations, and personal stories of contemporary life.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
From basketball dreams and family fiascos to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology, written by award-winning children's authors, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.