How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story

by Tim Tingle

Overview

Told in the words of Isaac, a Choctaw boy who does not survive the Trail of Tears, HOW I BECAME A GHOST is a tale of innocence and resilience in the face of tragedy. From the opening line, "Maybe you have never read a book written by a ghost before," the reader is put on notice that this is no normal book. Isaac leads a remarkable foursome of Choctaw comrades: a tough-minded teenage girl, a shape-shifting panther boy, a lovable five-year-old ghost who only wants her mom and dad to be happy, and Isaac's talking dog, Jumper. The first in a series, How I Became a Ghost thinly disguises an important and oft-overlooked piece of history.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157802196
Publisher:	The RoadRunner Press
Publication date:	03/03/2016
Series:	How I Became A Ghost Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	612,118
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

TIM TINGLE is an Oklahoma Choctaw, a storyteller, and the award-winning author of Crossing Bok Chitto and Walking the Choctaw Road. His great-great-grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835. In 1993, Tingle retraced the trail to Choctaw homelands in Mississippi and began recording stories of tribal elders. How I Became a Ghost was inspired by these memories. Tingle lives in Canyon Lake, Texas.