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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
I straight up think everything Steve Sheinkin does is absolutely fascinating. Even though I'd heard a podcast about the Carlisle Indian School and was familiar with the terrible practice of taking Native children off the reservations and away from their families, I learned a heck of a lot.
Also, don't miss the deleted scene posted on Fuse 8: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2017/01/17/exclusive-deleted-scene-steve-sheinkins-undefeated/
And a couple more deleted scenes here: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2017/01/18/it-doesnt-all-make-it-in-the-book-deleted-scenes-from-undefeated-by-steve-sheinkin/
And a couple more deleted scenes here: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2017/01/18/it-doesnt-all-make-it-in-the-book-deleted-scenes-from-undefeated-by-steve-sheinkin/
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For someone not a huge fan of football, I stayed engaged and learned a ton about Jim Thorpe - “America’s best athlete,” Pop Warner, and the Carlisle Indian School. I’m glad this is a choice for our seventh graders in their literary nonfiction book clubs.
Learned a lot about Jim Thorpe, Pop Warner, the Carlisle Indian school and the early evolution of football. I found this book fascinating. A great read.
Alright, I am not going to say I loved this one BUT... I also am not a football fan. For a football fan, this is the history you have never heard before. I did love that this book is a biography and non-fiction, as I am always looking for good non-fiction, especially for my readers who like sports and lean towards true stories. I also loved that it looks at the history of US government sponsored massacres, residential schools, and systemic racism through the eyes of someone who lived it. It is the story of an underdog and his teammates, how they never gave up and fought until the end. I would like to say that Jim overcame it all, out shot the odds and the story ends happily. Unfortunately we know this is not how the history goes. This is a story about one great football player, but it is most importantly a story about social justice. This is why I think this book is important.
I had heard of Jim Thorpe and really enjoyed this audiobook! Sheinkin is doing an amazing job with these nonfiction books that tell a story that is often untold.
I am very disappointed. This book feels non-specific. The two main people, Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner, feel like caricatures. I'm not going to be able to finish this one.
Steve Sheinkin is one of my favorite authors to use in a middle-grade classroom. Steve Sheinkin excels at writing narrative nonfiction that appeals to middle-grade readers’ interests while introducing them to history. I appreciate the way his stories make history accessible to young readers.
This particular nonfiction narrative tells the story of Jim Thorpe and his contribution to the sport of football. Sheinkin depicts the lives of Pop Warner and Jim Thorpe and explains the background behind the Carlisle Indian School. Additionally, Sheinkin portrays some of the racism and hardships the players faced. The novel shows not only the adversity the players met but the fortitude they mustered to deal with each challenge. The Carlisle School players innovated football as we know it, yet their names and stories have almost been lost to history.
I came into this novel knowing nothing about Jim Thorpe and very little about the history of football. Admittedly, I am not a huge sports fan. Personally, I felt the football jargon weighed down the story, but I can imagine that kiddos who love football would devour this one. I found the players’ stories of strength incredibly inspiring and a worthwhile read for middle schoolers. 3.5 stars
This particular nonfiction narrative tells the story of Jim Thorpe and his contribution to the sport of football. Sheinkin depicts the lives of Pop Warner and Jim Thorpe and explains the background behind the Carlisle Indian School. Additionally, Sheinkin portrays some of the racism and hardships the players faced. The novel shows not only the adversity the players met but the fortitude they mustered to deal with each challenge. The Carlisle School players innovated football as we know it, yet their names and stories have almost been lost to history.
I came into this novel knowing nothing about Jim Thorpe and very little about the history of football. Admittedly, I am not a huge sports fan. Personally, I felt the football jargon weighed down the story, but I can imagine that kiddos who love football would devour this one. I found the players’ stories of strength incredibly inspiring and a worthwhile read for middle schoolers. 3.5 stars
Steve Sheinkin has a way of writing non-fiction that is always interesting to me as a reader. It never reads like a textbook as some non-fiction books often do. Although I did have to skim through the gritty football details as a non-football fan, I loved hearing the backstory of Jim Thorpe's life as well as the Carlisle School. It's such an important part of history that we need to keep discussing and reading about so that future generations are aware of the struggle that Native American's went through.