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A review by jenlabrador
Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton
3.0
A memoir for grade school kids about living in a Native boarding school run by nuns in the 1940s. I am glad I read this book, and I did learn a lot from it. I would definitely recommend it to fourth grade and up, maybe a mature 3rd grader. However giving this book to a child does deserve a more thorough explanation to your kid as to why Native children were separated from their families and forced to adopt white American ways.
Christy Jordan-Fenton has another book that follows this same character after she comes home from the boarding school called "Not My Girl". It is a picture book, but I highly recommend it as it touches on how forced assimilation puts a strain on family ties and identity.
Christy Jordan-Fenton has another book that follows this same character after she comes home from the boarding school called "Not My Girl". It is a picture book, but I highly recommend it as it touches on how forced assimilation puts a strain on family ties and identity.