John Ross, the chief of the great Cherokee Nation, is looking at his home for the last time. The Cherokee people do not want to leave their land but they have no choice. Today is their first day on the Trail of Tears.'
Ever since the morning Molly woke up to find that her parents hadvanished, her life has become filled with terrible questions. Where have her parents gone? Who is this spooky old man who's taken her to live with him, claiming to be her great-uncle? Why does he never eat, and why does he lock her in her room at night? What are her dreams of the Skeleton Man trying to tell her? There's one thing …