"Ten-year-old Isaac, now a ghost, continues with his people as they walk the Choctaw Trail of Tears headed to Indian Territory in what will one day become Oklahoma. There have been surprises aplenty on their trek, but now Isaac and his three Choctaw comrades learn they can time travel--making for an unexpected adventure. The foursome heads back in time to Washington, D.C., to bear witness for Choctaw Chief Pushmataha who has come to the nation's capital at the invitation of Andrew Jackson."--

TIM TINGLE is an Oklahoma Choctaw and the author of How I Became A Ghost, Crossing Bok Chitto and Walking the Choctaw Road. In 1835, his great-great-grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears. 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 south Texas.