MY NAME IS AMERICA: Trail of Tears

Joseph Bruchac is an Abenaki author, whose decades-long research into Native American cultures shows through in his writing. I would not be surprised if this was the best researched book of the entire Dear America series with all its spinoffs.

The book is a great insight into Cherokee culture at the time, although like any book about the whites' treatment of Native Americans, it was hard for me to read, because what happened was horrific. Read it though. It's painful but read it.