Leslie Stall Widener

Middle grade author, picture book illustrator

[Leslie Stall Widener @LeslieStall]

#DVpit #MG #HF #ownvoice Forcibly removed from their home, a 14yo Choctaw girl travels with family to Indian Territory over 1000 mi away. With only a blanket and clothes on their back, they face harsh weather, disease and starvation before settling in an unknown land.

[Leslie Stall Widener @LeslieStall]

#DVpit #MG #HF #nativeamerican #ownvoices #POC Forced removal from their home, 14yr old and her family travel by steamboat and foot over 1,000 mi on Trail of Tears during a harsh winter. Though many perish, she and her family arrive in Indian Territory to begin a new life.

[Leslie Stall Widener @LeslieStall]

#DVpit #MG #HF #nativeamerican #ownvoice 14 yr old Choctaw girl faces disease, starvation, extreme cold and death of loved ones but finds courage, survival and hope for future as she strives to keep her family together on the Trail of Tears during winter of 1832