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 loved one, 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.