TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tingle,Tim
AU  - Bridges,Jeanne Rorex
TI  - Crossing Bok Chitto: a Choctaw tale of friendship & freedom 
SN  - 9780938317777 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - PZ7.T489 Cro 2006
U1  - E TIN 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - El Paso, TX
PB  - Cinco Puntos Press
KW  - Choctaw Indians
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Indigenous people of North America
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Mississippi
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
N1  - Wilson's Children, October 2010; Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2007; School Library Journal, July 2006; Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2008; Booklist starred, April 2006; Pub Weekly, March 2006; New York Times, August 2006; Horn Book, October 2006; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2006; Library Media Connection, November 2006; 4.4; 3-6; AD640L; Lexile; T; Fountas
N2  - In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom
ER  -