Moccasin Trail (Puffin Newbery Library). This item is unavailable.Moccasin Trail (Puffin Newbery Library)

A Newbery Honor Award-winning book

Jim Keath has lived for six years as a Crow Indian when he learns that his two younger brothers and a sister are journeying west to take up land. Although Jim finds it difficult to fit in with the family he hasn't seen since childhood, and though they are wary and distrustful of him, Jim feels his duty is at their side. But slowly, as they survive the dangerous trek west, the perils of frontier life, and the kidnapping of their younger brother, Jim and his family realize that the only way to survive is to accept each other and truly reunite the family.

"A first-rate adventure story."--The New York Times

"The grueling hardships on the journey to Oregon and in making a home provide exciting reading. Characters are portrayed so fully and sympathetically they might be alive."--Library Journal

Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915 - 2000) was an American author of children and young adult books. She was awarded the Newbery Honor for her novels Moccasin Trail, The Golden Goblet, and The Moorchild. She also won an Edgar Award for her novel A Really Weird Summer. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, The Seventeenth Swap, and Mara, Daughter of the Nile.