Critically acclaimed author Joseph Bruchac's exciting Journal of Jesse Smoke is now in paperback with a dynamic repackaging!
In 1838 in Tennessee, the Cherokee Nation is facing the Removal - being forcibly moved from their homes and land, in part because of a treaty signed by a group of their own people. One night, Jesse Smoke and his family members are suddenly awakened, dragged from their homes, and brought at gunpoint to a stockade camp. They are forced to march westward on the horrifying Trail of Tears and Jesse's not sure if he and his family can survive the journey.