But Martha Tom has the answer: cross the Bok Chitto and become free.Ĭrossing to freedom with his family seems impossible with slave catchers roaming, but then there is a miracle-a magical night where things become unseen and souls walk on water. When Lil Mo discovers that his mother is about to be sold and the rest of his family left behind. What was she thinking? But crossing the river brings a surprise friendship with Lil Mo, a boy who is enslaved on the other side. The Bok Chitto is the only border between her town in the Choctaw Nation and the slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory.
In an expansion of his award-winning picture book Crossing Bok Chitto, acclaimed Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle offers a story that reminds readers that the strongest bridge between cultures is friendship.Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries. But as Lil Mo's family adjusts to their new life, danger waits just around the corner. By morning, Lil Mo discovers he has entered a completely new world of tradition, community, and. Then Lil Mo discovers that his mother is about to be sold and the rest of his family left behind.
Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime. Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Educationįrom the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles.
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