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aemy's review against another edition
A very beautifully illustrated story about the friendship and solidarity between a Choctaw girl and an enslaved boy that pays careful attention to black and indigenous music, narratives and culture.
bdietrich's review against another edition
4.0
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This book's purpose is to share Choctaw storytelling with other Choctaws and non-Native Americans. It is a story of the friendship between a Native American girl and a slave boy, whom she helps to cross Bok Chitto to freedom. The purpose of the book is so important for combating appropriation.
This book's purpose is to share Choctaw storytelling with other Choctaws and non-Native Americans. It is a story of the friendship between a Native American girl and a slave boy, whom she helps to cross Bok Chitto to freedom. The purpose of the book is so important for combating appropriation.
pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
Picture books are never just for children. This is a wonderful story that helped me know more about the relationship between African-Americans and the Choctaws.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition
4.0
A wonderful story of people helping people, based on old Choctaw legends. Bok Chitto is a river; on one side are Choctaw lands and on the other are the lands of plantation owners and slaves. When a group of slaves learn their family is to be sold to another plantation, the slaves use their friendship with the Choctaw people to find a way to escape across Bok Chitto and into freedom on Choctaw land.
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