Wilma's Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller

by Doreen Rappaport

Book Overview

This Big Words book from an award-winning author tells the courageous life story of Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.

As a child in Oklahoma, Wilma Mankiller experienced the Cherokee practice of Gadugi, helping each other, even when times were hard for everyone. But in 1956, the federal government uprooted her family and moved them to California, wrenching them from their home, friends, and traditions. Separated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484747186
• ISBN13: 9781484747186
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.2" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3