Cherokee Sister

When Allie MacAllister's best friend, Leaf Sweetwater, invites her to try on her buckskin dress, Allie couldn't be happier. Until soldiers interrupt the girls' fun and round up Leaf's family, forcing them from their home and taking Allie with them. Together they are swept along the harsh Trail of Tears, and joined by thousands of other Cherokee families. Because she is mistaken for an Indian, twelve-year-old Allie, a white girl, is forced to travel the Trail of Tears along with her best friend, a young Cherokee