Yellow Leaf

by Mary J. Capps

Story for younger readers about Indian life. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0570036038
• ISBN13: 9780570036036
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great for 10-14 year olds

This book is a very well-written saga about the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears. Yellow Leaf is a small girl who becomes separated from her family on their travels to the reservation and is taken in by a white trapper. He raises her but not without the clashing of their two worlds. I read this book as a 10 year old and had to read it again recently because of my favorable impressions. It touches on the devastating effects of the removal of the Native Americans but still has loving moments that leave a positive impression on the readers.

Yellow Leaf, Children's Story

Yellow Leaf is a Cherokee Indian child that gets left behind inadvertantly, on the Trail of Tears. A trapper named "Cagle" finds her, and they develop the most incredible bond. I have been trying to find this book for my children to read, I LOVED it as a child. And I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to share the culture of the Cherokee with their child, and the horror of the Trail of Tears. It's sad at times, but heartwarming always.