[PW] Book review question

S M Colowick januarye at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 15:23:57 PST 2008


Here's an article that mentions the book, but I think it's a favorable
mention (I don't have access to the full text). I don't know if the
author is Native American.

Stereotypes of American Indians in Adolescent Literature
Nancy Lynn Carver
The English Journal, Vol. 77, No. 5 (Sep., 1988), pp. 25-32

smc

On Jan 28, 2008 2:19 PM, Lisa Todd <toddl at nwrel.org> wrote:
> A patron has asked me to find reviews of Scott O'Dell's book, Streams to
> the River, River to the Sea: A novel of Sacagawea.  She has been told
> that while O'Dell's book won praise when first published, it was not
> well-received within the Native American community.  I'd like to verify
> this, but am running into dead ends.  Can anyone else offer some
> insight?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Lisa R. Todd
> Professional Library
> Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory


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