(2) 4-6 Martha Tom crosses the Bok Chitto River, which separates the Choctaw Nation from a white-owned plantation, and she meets enslaved boy Lil Mo. The two become friends, and she helps his family cross the river to freedom. Tingle's narrative, set in 1808 Mississippi and told with heart and humor, brings to life a multitude of fascinating characters while illuminating a little-known moment in history. Glos.

Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2019

(2) 4-6 How I Became a Ghost series. Preteen Choctaw ghost Isaac (How I Became a Ghost) continues to relate the story of his people's forced relocation from their Mississippi homeland to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) on the Choctaw Trail of Tears. Here, the ghost of Pushmataha, revered Choctaw chief and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, ushers Isaac through time travel. Tingle's prose is straightforward and focused while still visceral and imaginative. Bib.

Reviewer: Patrick Gall | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

(2) 4-6 How I Became a Ghost series. Isaac is alive and well at the start of this Trail of Tears story, beginning in the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi in 1830. But soon there is Treaty Talk, followed by the arrival of Nahullo (white) men, and the Choctaw must begin their journey west. Tingle, a Choctaw storyteller, relates his tale in the engaging repetitions and rhythms of an oft-told story.

Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2014

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Jeanne A. Benas. In this collection of spooky stories, moralizing is often equally as important as the fright factor. Bad things don't just happen, they happen for a reason, usually because the protagonist has strayed from using good sense. The tales are accompanied by black-and-white illustrations that add a little levity to the scenes.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Stacey Schuett. In this "Tortoise and the Hare" revisioning, Turkey is trying on Turtle's shell when Rabbit (thinking it's Turtle) challenges him to a race. To Rabbit's dismay, Turkey sticks out his long legs, flaps his wings, and flies to the finish line. The story is uneven; parts are relayed in forced rhyme. Expansive illustrations show the action from a variety of perspectives.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) 4-6 Tingle presents twenty-five stories, five each from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole oral traditions. Each section begins with an introduction about the tribe, describing unique storytelling themes and motifs and pointing out similarities. Some of the stories are deliciously eerie; others are tragic or hopeful (subjects include death and love lost and found). No sources are included.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) 4-6 Tingle, a Choctaw storyteller, presents eleven stories, including a legend about a group of Choctaw helping a slave family flee captivity, a supernatural tale concerning a creature who is half man and half owl, a moving account of the Trail of Tears, and some touching reminiscences from the author's childhood and young adult years. The prose contains the cadences of oral storytelling, making these engaging stories strong read-aloud material. Reading list. Glos.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta