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PRAISE FOR
TIM TINLGLE'S
Crossing Bok Chitto

"...these realities cut deeper than any fantasy." - The New York Times

"...a noted Choctaw storyteller and a Cherokee join forces with stirring results." - BookList

"...a moving and wholly original story about the intersection of cultures." - Publishers Weekly

AND FOR
Spirits Dark and Light

"Tingle is a master storyteller, hos flow and timing are superb.  Young readers will feel like he's talking drectly to them." - American Indians in Children's Literature

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From the award-winning imagination of Tim TIngle
How I Became a Ghost
A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story

Told in the words of Isaac, a Choctaw boy who does not survive the Trail of Tears, How I Became a Ghost is a tale of innocence and resilience in the face of tragedy. From the book's opening line, "Maybe you have never read a book written by a ghost before," the reader is put on notice that this is no normal book. Isaac leads a remarkable foursome of Choctaw comrades: a tough-minded teenage girl, a shape-shifting panther boy, a lovable five-year-old ghost who only wants her mom and dad to be happy, and Isaac s talking dog, Jumper. The first in a trilogy, How I Became a Ghost thinly disguises an important and oft-overlooked piece of history.

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY ULIANA GUREEVA
INSIDE MAP ILLUSTRATION
BY STEVEN WALKER

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TIM TINGLE is an Oklahoma Choctaw, a storyteller, and the author of Crossing Bok Chitto and Walking the CHoctaw Road.  His great-great-grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835.  In 1993, Tingle retraced the trail to Choctaw homelands in Mississippi and began recording stories for tribal elders.  How I Became a Ghost was inspired by these memories.  Tingle lives in Canyon Lake, Texas.

www.TimTingle.com