Indian Captive
The Story of Mary Jemison

Civil rights and equality have made a lot of headway against racism in the last century. "Well, duh," some might say. "But there's still so far to go!" others might protest. I personally grew up without any particularly scarring incidents of racism. Sure, I got made fun of for my small eyes and flat f......more

TW// (view spoiler)[ child abuse/physical punishment, mention of scalping, animal death, off page murder (including murder of young children and a baby), racism (hide spoiler)] I was a little skeptical going into this book. It’s pretty obvious from just the title alone that there’s several outdated terms being used in this book,......more

Just finished reading this to my 10 year old. I asked him how’s he rate it and he said 20 stars.......more

I went into this book a bit skeptical of its choice as one of the books for our county-wide read this year, the theme of which is "Native American Culture." I couldn't help thinking that a book by a white author written about a white girl taken captive by Native Americans might not really fit the th......more

TRUE story of Mary Jemison, a 12 year old blonde girl, separated from her family and taken by the Seneca Indian tribe, formally adopted into the tribe to become one of their own. She is expected to shed all white people ways, must work, talk, eat, dress and think as a Seneca - something she intends......more