How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story
by Tim Tingle
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- American Indian
Year Published 2013
Word Count 28,115
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 480L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 165811, 4 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Relocation
- Choctaw Indians--Relocation--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Horror
- Ghosts
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Indian Removal, 1813-1903
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Historical fiction
- Indian Removal, 1813-1903--Juvenile fiction
- Choctaw boys
- Choctaw Indians
- Ghost stories
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma--Juvenile fiction
- Trail of Tears, 1838
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2013

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2022
Middle Selection, 2013
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