A review by emybooksandcoffee
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter

4.0

A beautiful yet heartbreaking story that almost made me teary-eyed, about the importance of moral values, nature, animals, simple things. I don't know if in another life I was a Native American because I feel a spiritual connection to the mountains too and I resonated with every page of this book. All the characters and vignettes were portrayed very vividly. The book is engulfed by a distinct innocence and melancholy, knowing how Indigenous people were chased, abused, even massacred at various points of history, and the prejudices about them that still exist. It's especially sad given their utmost respect they had to nature and their almost sacred way of viewing the world.