Tilly and the Crazy Eights Cherokee is as disturbed and uncertain

is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her

twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away from residential school

protect communities from natural disasters

Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard

Tilly and the Crazy Eights Cherokee is as disturbed and uncertainWhen Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in ways she could not predict, just as it will for the elders who soon dub themselves the Crazy Eights. The Crazy Eights each choose a stopsomewhere or something theyve always wanted to experienceon the way to their