The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
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The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838

Joseph Bruchac
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Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears.
Genres: Historical FictionFictionNative AmericanChildrensMiddle GradeHistoricalYoung AdultDiaryJuvenileIndigenous
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