She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller by Traci Sorell - ISBN: 9780593403051
Paperback
Trail of Tears descendant rises to become a Cherokee Nation leader.

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  • Paperback

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    25 October 2022

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Summary

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, comes a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds—including Wilma Mankiller!

A 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Honor Book!

The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. As she got older and learned more …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593403051
ISBN-10:0593403053
Author:Traci Sorell, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger, Gillian Flint
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Philomel Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:25 October 2022
Weight:85g
Dimensions:192mm x 133mm x 7mm
Series:She Persisted
About The Author

Traci Sorell

Traci Sorell (she/her) is a 2021-22 Tulsa Artist Fellow and the award-winning author of We Are Grateful- Otsaliheliga (which was a Sibert, Orbis Pictus, Boston Globe-Horn Book, and American Indian Youth Literature Award honor book) and At the Mountain’s Base (an AIYLA Honor book), and co-writer of Indian No More, which won the AIYLA Middle Grade category. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and lives on her tribe’s reservation in Oklahoma. Her 2021 nonfiction middle grade titles include Classified- The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer and We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know.

Chelsea Clinton (she/her) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of She Persisted, She Persisted Around the World, She Persisted in Sports, She Persisted in Science, Don’t Let Them Disappear, It’s Your World and Start Now!, as well as Grandma’s Gardens and The Book of Gutsy Women, which she wrote with Hillary Clinton, and Governing Global Health with Devi Sridhar. Chelsea earned a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, where she is now an adjunct assistant professor, and a PhD in international relations from Oxford University. She is also the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, where she works on many initiatives, including those that help empower the next generation of leaders. She lives in New York City with her husband, Marc, their three children and their dog, Soren.

Gillian Flint (she/her) is an illustrator who has a passion for painting in watercolors. She has been drawing and creating characters for as long as she can remember. Her work has been published in the USA, the UK and Australia. In her spare time she enjoys reading and gardening at her home in the UK.

Alexandra Boiger (she/her) has illustrated nearly twenty picture books, including the She Persisted series by Chelsea Clinton; the popular Tallulah series by Marilyn Singer; and the Max and Marla books, which she also wrote. Originally from Munich, Germany, she now lives outside of San Francisco, California, with her husband, Andrea; daughter, Vanessa; and two cats, Luiso and Winter.

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