num_pages: 208
description: The diary of Sarah Nita, a thirteen-year old Navajo girl, which describes the Navajos' forced 400-mile walk from their ancestral homeland to Fort Sumner in 1864.
language: English
title: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864
titlecomplete: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 (Dear America)
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Young Readers, Young Adult, Childrens, American History, Diary, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Juvenile
ratings_count: 2412
places: New Mexico
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic