Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom
- ISBN-10
- 1933693207
- ISBN-13
- 9781933693200
- Category
- Choctaw Indians
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-04-01
- Author
- Tim Tingle
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. Reprint.
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