Re: bad historical fiction - bias - Oyate

["Sharron L. McElmeel" <mcelmeel@MCELMEEL.COM>]

And a good start at these books include Cynthia Leitich Smith's Rain
Is Not My Indian Name and her earlier picture book Jingle Dancer.  If
only she could write twice as fast and twice as much.  Rain is such a
brilliantly crafted first novel and deserves attention because it is
a great YA novel; and incidentally one of few great books with a
contemporary Native American as main character.

Debbie -- I personally would appreciate your thoughts on a few other
great titles that might be added to "the books on our shelves that
present Native Americans as a people."

Sharron


At 7:57 AM -0600 11/05/2001, Debbie Reese wrote:
maybe
we'll end up with more books on our shelves that present Native Americans
(warts and all) as a people, rather than a romantic, heroic people, or a
savage, brutal people.
--
Sharron L. McElmeel <mailto:mcelmeel@mcelmeel.com>
Writer, Editorial Consultant, & Webkeeper @ McBookwords
3000 N. Center Point Rd
Cedar Rapids, IA 52411-9548
http://www.mcelmeel.com
ph. (319) 393-2562; fax (319) 393-4749

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