{"id":49609,"date":"2022-07-29T11:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=49609"},"modified":"2022-08-05T18:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T22:15:16","slug":"everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-indians-but-were-afraid-to-ask-young-readers-edition-by-anton-treuer-in-school-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-indians-but-were-afraid-to-ask-young-readers-edition-by-anton-treuer-in-school-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition by Anton Treuer [in School Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW
\n<\/strong>\u201cIndians. We are so often imagined, but so infrequently well understood,\u201d Anton Treuer\u2019s opening sentence reads. As a Princeton-educated, Ojibwe professor with \u201cone foot in the wigwam and one in the ivory tower,\u201d Treuer \u201ccannot speak for all Indians,\u201d but he\u2019s ready with \u201cspecific rather than generic answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

This young readers adaptation is certainly rare in that it expands on Treuer\u2019s 2012 original, growing from approximately 120 to 200 Q&As. Treuer also takes the mic, making his narrating debut. Composed, eloquent, courteous, Treuer is an ideal, safe guide through all manner of topics, from the difficult, inane, nuanced, to downright racist.<\/p>\n

A single quibble: Georgetown was not named for George Washington, but most likely King George II (GW was still a teen when Georgetown was founded in 1751).<\/p>\n

Verdict<\/strong>: \u201cGuilt for Whites and anger for Indians [does] nothing to make the world a better place.\u201d Treuer wisely, empathically, brilliantly gets the conversation going.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201c22 Noteworthy Audiobook Adaptations of Young Readers Editions,\u201d\u00a0School Library Journal<\/em>, June 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

From the introduction:\u00a0<\/strong>All the titles here are nonfiction; most feature difficult subjects including history, climate change, systemic racism. Some might ask, why expose younger readers to challenging, unpleasant, haunting truths? One of the featured writers, Hilary Beard, provides the consummate answer back in her introduction to\u00a0The Burning<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026the fact that something is upsetting to us doesn\u2019t mean that we should not engage it. Facing the truth empowers us to understand our self, our neighbors, and our world more accurately; to make appropriate choices and decisions; to heal the past and present and build a more promising future. Together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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