In A Thousand Miles, readers will go back in time to take a difficult journey with Dusty as he is forced to leave his home by officials enforcing the Indian Removal Act.The History Files series takes readers into significant eras in United States history, allowing them to walk in the shoes of characters living in the periods they've learned about in the classroom. Each 96-page middle grade novel includes a comprehensive summary of the era, background information on the real people that the fictional characters mention or encounter, additional websites to visit, and an author interview.