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183 pp.
| Overmountain
| August, 2007
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TradeISBN 978-1-57072-311-7$15.95
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YA
In the 1820s, sixteen-year-old Cherokee girl Dancing Leaf goes on a journey of self-discovery, encountering real figures important to Cherokee history along the way. The richly detailed writing is evocative; however, lack of any significant conflict combined with the intrusive presence of interjected folktales preceding each chapter give the book a stiff, purposeful slant.