At the Mountain's Base

At the Mountain's BaseA 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 daughter

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 daughter/sister/granddaughter/niece, 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Kokila
Published: 09/17/2019
ISBN: 9780735230606
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 11.60h x 9.20w x 0.50d
Award: American Indian Youth Literature Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 108
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 72
Shelf Awareness 10/04/2019
Booklist 11/01/2019 pg. 55
Publishers Weekly 10/28/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 506310 / At the Mountain's Base
Reading Level: 2.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5