To Walk the Sky Path is about a family of modern day
Seminole Indians. Abraham, Billie’s grandfather, told Billie about what happens if
you walk the sky path. To walk the sky path you have to be honest and kind. Mush Jim,
Billie's uncle, rescued a man from a plane crash. The white man does not want help from
because they are Indians. A hurricane hit about a week after that. Billie stayed with his
friend, Jeffery Miller. After the hurricane hit, the water rose and they had to move. They
didn't like the place they moved to because of all the tourists. Mush Jim had to do a lot
of work to earn enough money ,one of the things he does is wrestle alligators. Jeff comes
to camp after the alligator wrestling and meets Sihoki , Billie's grandmother and Abraham.
Sihoki does not want him in the camp because she does not like white people. Sihoki is the
most prejudiced member of Billie's family. Billie's parents allow Jeff to visit.
Charlie, Billie's older brother, had never attended school so Billie began to teach his
brother. Charlie learned his ABC's and what sounds they make. Billie's white teacher
encourages Billie and gives him the materials to teach Charlie. Sihoki brakes her arm and
is taken to the hospital and again Billie is facedwith his grandmother's distrust of white
people.
Billie often asks Abraham for advice about how to manage in his "white school
world" and in his "Indian world". Billie is often confused by the white's
distrusts of Indians and Indians distrusts with whites. He sees goodness and kindness in
both sides.
As the book ends Billie experiences great loss but also great hope. He knows that
Abraham has lived a life that will allow him to walk the sky path and his goal is to be
able to teach the white man what Indian ways are all about.
I like this book even though the end is sad because the grandfather dies at the end . I
would recommend this book to you because it tells you a lot about the Seminole Indians and
it helps you to understand the prejudice that people show.