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Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition: A Pioneer Tale by Nathan Hale
3 reviews
lindseythelibrarian's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
3.5
This is my first book in the series!
This is definitely a book for younger kids, even though it deals with some intense topics! With that being said, it’s childish but deals with topics, like death and cannibalism in an accessible way, having jokes jokes, and banter between the individual who is telling the story, and the two who are listening.
Even for a kids book, I found myself really engaged with what was happening. I was mad about the choices. That mean we’re making to endanger their families. Let’s smash the patriarchy!
One thing that I think would’ve made this book a little bit better, even though it was kind of out of scope, would’ve been a slightly more accurate and well rounded portrayal of the Native American tribes. In this book, it talks about how the native Americans did not respect the treaty but, I think it would’ve been more fair to highlight that they were taken of.
This is definitely a book for younger kids, even though it deals with some intense topics! With that being said, it’s childish but deals with topics, like death and cannibalism in an accessible way, having jokes jokes, and banter between the individual who is telling the story, and the two who are listening.
Even for a kids book, I found myself really engaged with what was happening. I was mad about the choices. That mean we’re making to endanger their families. Let’s smash the patriarchy!
One thing that I think would’ve made this book a little bit better, even though it was kind of out of scope, would’ve been a slightly more accurate and well rounded portrayal of the Native American tribes. In this book, it talks about how the native Americans did not respect the treaty but, I think it would’ve been more fair to highlight that they were taken of.
Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, and Death of parent
ninahuynh's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Cannibalism. The Donner Party is one of the infamous stories of such dire situation where survival and morals intersect. The third book in Nathan Hale's Hazard Tales series, this graphic novel's emotive illustrations really bring the reader into the story. Anger. Hope. Sadness. Hopelessness. Cold. Short cuts can be the death of you.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cannibalism, Cursing, and Murder
Minor: Animal death
ekmoore11's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
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