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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin

4.0

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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.