The Education of Little Tree (Hardcover)

from ykolstad

"Gramma said when you come on something good, first thing to do is to share it with whoever you can find; that way , the good spreads out where no telling it will go. Which is right." This is a feel-good story. I laughed, but I cried more. This is a really special book that changes how you look a...

from fingerpost

Little Tree's parents die when he is only five years old, and he goes into the mountains to live with his grandparents. His Grandma is full Cherokee, and his Grandpa is Cherokee/Scotts, but lives the Cherokee way. Most of the book is more like a collections of short stories, telling little episod...

from fuzzi

A five year old boy loses his parents, and is then taken home by his grandparents, both Cherokee. They teach him the Cherokee Way, and he learns to love nature and life itself, until the government tries to place him "more appropriately". Involving read, very enjoyable, and worth a reread in the ...

from nancynova

rabck from Erishkigal; considering this book was written under a pen name by a racist Southerner who likely never set foot in Tennessee, it was quite good. Using a young boys backwoods dialect, it tells the story of Little Tree, orphaned at age 5, who goes to live with his part Indian grandparent...

from horacewimsey

I remember reading this book in middle school and liking it very much. Then a year or so ago I read that it was made up, that Forrest Carter was a racist or something of that nature and that the book, ostensibly autobiographical, was complete fiction. Disappointing now, but I liked it back when.