Soft Rain
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Soft Rain

by Cornelia Cornelissen

1998•Family•115 pages

Taste attributes: familyvehiclesfastwholesomelightlinearglossybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeA warm-hearted, accessible family novel: wide-ranging and fast-moving. Best if you like warmth over edge.

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About This Book

In Soft Rain, a 9-year-old Cherokee girl finds herself in the same situation as Sweet Leaf as soldiers arrive one day to take her and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind. 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.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyVehiclesAll consuming questComplex relationship

Subjects

Cherokee IndiansIndians of North AmericaJuvenile fictionRelocationTrail of Tears, 1838

Details

Author
Cornelia Cornelissen
Published
1998
Pages
115
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