Flying Lessons & Other Stories: "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains" by Tim Tingle

by Ellen Oh
This collection, edited by We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh, features short stories by popular writers of middle grade and young adult fiction.

Here are links to our lists for the anthology: How to Transform…; The Difficult Path; Sol Painting, Inc.; Secret Samantha; The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn; Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains; Main Street; Flying Lessons; Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents; Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push
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  1. kin
    related by blood
    The family was gathered for our weekly Saturday meal, dozens of cousins and aunts and uncles and everybody kin to us.
  2. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
    I sauntered across the yard like I was searching for fallen pecans on the ground.
  3. clearing
    a treeless tract of land in the middle of a wooded area
    He spotted a clearing under the trees and thought it would be a good place to spend the night.
  4. smithereens
    a collection of small fragments considered as a whole
    And with the car smashed to smithereens, the trunk flew open.
  5. authentic
    not counterfeit or copied
    We all gave him a great big authentic Choctaw laugh and let him go on with his story.
  6. flimsy
    lacking solidity or strength
    The Bohpoli found a flimsy folding chair in the car trunk and had it ready for Naloosha Chitto.
  7. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
    "I am pondering the fate of campers who arrived the next day," said Keith.
  8. cliche
    a trite or obvious remark
    "Kicking and screaming?" asked Trisha.
    "It's called a cliché," replied Keith.
  9. anthropologist
    a social scientist specializing in the study of humanity
    "A group of anthropologists, seeking proof that Naloosha Chitto was real, were paddling their canoe around the lake. When they saw not only the skeletal structure of the creature, but the actual creature, they leapt overboard. Naloosha Chitto climbed in the canoe and paddled safely to shore."
  10. aloft
    high up in or into the air
    "Wait," he said, holding his palm aloft.
Created on Wed Aug 05 12:16:33 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Feb 04 09:50:00 EST 2021)

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