Soft Rain, Cornelia Cornelissen
Soft Rain, Cornelia Cornelissen
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Soft Rain
A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears

Author: Cornelia Cornelissen

Narrator: Kelsey Navarro

Unabridged: 2 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/17/2020


Synopsis

It all begins when Soft Rain's teacher reads a letter stating that as of May 23, 1838, all Cherokee people are to leave their land and move to what many Cherokees called "the land of darkness" . . . the west. Soft Rain is confident that her family will not have to move, because they have just planted corn for the next harvest but soon thereafter, soldiers arrive to take nine-year-old Soft Rain and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind.

Because Soft Rain knows some of the white man's language, she soon learns that they must travel across rivers, valleys, and mountains. On the journey, she is forced to eat the white man's food and sees many of her people die. Her courage and hope are restored when she is reunited with her father, a leader on the Trail, chosen to bring her people safely to their new land.

About Cornelia Cornelissen

Cornelia Cornelissen is the author of two books for children, Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears and Music in the Wood.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lovescaleb on December 18, 2017

Good little book. Wish my son had enjoyed it as much as I did.......more

Goodreads review by Lori on June 05, 2012

I thought this was a good book and showed kids how hard it was being forced out of your home. The Cherokee people faced alot of hard ships as they were being moved west and Soft Rain is a good character to show young girls that you have to be strong in hard times. I would recommend this book for a 1......more

Goodreads review by Beth on July 23, 2014

Based on the history of the Cherokee Nation, this is the story of Soft Rain and her family as they are forced to leave their home and walk to their new home. The walk begins in western North Carolina and ends in Oklahoma through the brutal winter of 1838. I liked reading this historical fiction nove......more

Goodreads review by Sheyla on March 27, 2019

I love soft rain because its inspiring and it helps me learn that people are going though hard stuff and you can´t judge them people if you don´t know what is happening at there home or anywhere because they can go though are stuff......more

Goodreads review by Tanya on September 22, 2024

This is Book 1 in our Oklahoma homeschool history curriculum, "Pioneer Spirit" by Elisabeth Ensor. My 8- and 10- year old boys loved this book. We all grew very attached to the characters and learned so much. I believe all of us were in tears at some point during the book. It left me wanting to lear......more