A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.
| Author: Traci Sorell |
| Publisher: Kokila |
| Publication Date: Sep 17, 2019 |
| Number of Pages: 32 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover/Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN-10: 0735230609 |
| ISBN-13: 9780735230606 |