# How I Became A Ghost

**Author:** Tim Tingle
**Grade range:** Grades 3–7
**First published:** 2020
**Page count:** 133
**Genre:** Middle Grade
**ISBN-13:** `9781937054540`
**ISBN-10:** `1937054543`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/how-i-became-a-ghost
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A Choctaw boy tells in his own words the story of his tribe’s removal from the only land its people have ever known, and how their journey to Oklahoma led him to become a ghost — one with the ability to help those he left behind. Isaac leads a remarkable foursome of Choctaw comrades: a tough minded teenage girl, a shape-shifting panther boy, a lovable five-year-old ghost who only wants her mom and dad to be happy, and Isaac’s talking dog, Jumper. The first in a series, How I Became a Ghost thinly disguises an important and oft-overlooked piece of history.

## Where this book is assigned

### American Indian Youth Literature Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Winner (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Winner (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Winner (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Winner (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 AILA Winner (Middle Grade)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)

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