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Who killed Usti
Yansa? Healthy little boys shouldn't grow weak and die when they have
shelter, food and the care of their families, yet Sasa's little brother,
the last of her family, sickens, mumbling the mysterious 'I didn't do
it right, I didn't do enough. Why didn't it work?' Left alone,
mourning and trying to survive in a new place with new ways, Sasa seeks
answers with the help of her new friend, Wheezer. The Jack Russell
Terrier seems too wise, too fierce and too loyal to be just a dog. Did
the Creator send Wheezer to Sasa and if so, how can a dog, albeit a
smart one, help to solve a murder?
From the time Europeans
landed in North America, the People were forced out of the land they had
known for generations. By the nineteenth century, the United States
had pushed them into the remote and undeveloped area known as Indian
Territory and promised them food and protection that never came.
Plagued by the loss of their ability to farm and hunt, the lack of food
and shelter, the disease brought by the White Man, every tribe suffered
losses so great only the memories of the survivors could document the
dead. This story, taking place among the Cherokee after the Trail of
Tears, is a story for all the People.
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