Thus begins Crossing Bok Chitto, told by award-winning Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle and brought to life with the rich illustrations of Jeanne Rorex Bridges.
If a slave escaped and made his way across Bok Chitto, the slave was free. On the other side lived the plantation owners and their slaves. On one side of the river lived the Choctaws. In the days before the War Between the States, in the days before the Trail of Tears, Bok Chitto was a boundary. There is a river called Bok Chitto that cuts through Mississippi. In this American Indian Youth Literature Award-winning story of cross-cultural friendship, a family of enslaved people and a Choctaw tribe work together on a daring escape. Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Stones Magazine Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book, American Library Association (ALA) Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) 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.American Indian Youth Literature Award, American Indian Library Association (AILA) But as Lil Mo’s family adjusts to their new life, danger waits just around the corner. By morning, Lil Mo discovers he has entered a completely new world of tradition, community, and. But Martha Tom has the answer: cross the Bok Chitto and become free.Ĭrossing 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. When Lil Mo discovers that his mother is about to be sold and the rest of his family left behind. What was she thinking? But crossing the river brings a surprise friendship with Lil Mo, a boy who is enslaved on the other side.
The Bok Chitto is the only border between her town in the Choctaw Nation and the slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory. Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries.
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