Words Spoken True by Broyles, Anne

Words Spoken True

Award-winning author Anne Broyles weaves the lyrical story of fourteen-year-old Jane Bushyhead and her family's forced removal,...
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Author: Anne Broyles
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Language: English
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Words Spoken True by Broyles, Anne

Words Spoken True

$23.98

Words Spoken True

$23.98
Author: Anne Broyles
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Award-winning author Anne Broyles weaves the lyrical story of fourteen-year-old Jane Bushyhead and her family's forced removal, upon threat of death, from their home in the ancestral Cherokee Nation. Based on a true story, this evocative, compelling account of the pain and hardships endured, as well as the love and courage summoned by the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears, is equal measures heartbreaking and hopeful.

Jane Bushyhead dreams of one day becoming a teacher. But everything changes when she and her family are forced from their ancestral Cherokee homeland by US soldiers at gunpoint. After months of imprisonment and uncertainty, Jane and her people are then ordered to march eight hundred miles to "Indian Territory" (modern-day Oklahoma) during one of the worst winters of the 19th century.

It's a grueling journey--many of the Cherokee people are barefoot and unprepared for the freezing weather--and all go hungry as supplies dwindle and sickness abounds. Yet, Jane finds romance with a young man who has been adopted by the Cherokees and comfort within the loving embrace of her family.

As the dangerous journey unfolds, and Jane finds purpose in teaching and recording the stories of her people, she will be forced to bear witness as they perish from starvation, disease, and deadly hazards of the trail. Soon, Jane will have to face an impossible choice between love and her own family.

Award-winning author and enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, Anne Broyles brings the Trail of Tears to desperate, vivid life in this beautiful story about courage, community, memory, and love.



Author: Anne Broyles
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 11/03/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.59h x 5.95w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9781546161080
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/21/2026
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2026
School Library Journal 09/04/2026 pg. 1
Booklist 11/01/2026

About the Author

Anne Broyles is the award-winning author of children's picture books, I'm Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People, Priscilla and the Hollyhocks, Arturo and the Bienvenido Feast, and Shy Mama's Halloween, and the nonfiction book Eating to Save the Planet: How Veganism Helps Fight Climate Change. She lives in a multigenerational household in Portland, Oregon, with four cats and an old dog named Clover.


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