Indian in the Cupboard (Collins Modern Classics)

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It's an all right book in terms of writing and craft. While the book does have some elements of racism, it tends to be more unfortunate than premeditated, like The Scarlet Pimpernel. Some may also be our overreacting: the whole "me talks" thing gets pegged as racism a bit too much considering how hard it is for anyone not raised in multiple languages at birth to become as fluent in a second tongue as even a native small child. But there is an edge that might tweak the reader.

Second, the adults were all pretty much presented as stupid or mean, except Omri’s mother. The portrayal of the teachers and headmaster, in particular, disgusted me. The whole school chapter was too much. The attitude towards school, learning, and authority was just plain bad. Omri asks his mother how she originally came by the key. She tells him that key came from her great-grandmother's jewellery box, which was stolen and returned empty. Omri realizes that Bert only said he would return the jewel-case without specifying that the jewels would still be in it. This is the same story his mother told him about the key when she first gave it to him, and Omri realizes this means history has not been changed. This is one of my absolute favorite books of all time. I loved it as a kid and I love it now. I hadn't read it in more than a decade, but I pulled it out to read aloud to my kids, and they loved it too, especially my daughters.

a b Davis, Sandi (July 9, 1995). "American Indian Actor Uses Role to Educate Others". The Oklahoman . Retrieved October 10, 2020.

The filming was marred by the death of technician Pat Tanner, who fell while riding a motorized hoist used to lift scenery on the sound stage at Sony Pictures in Culver City. [7] Tanner's death led to a change in motion picture safety rules on IATSE union film sets to prevent similar accidents.What's hooked me the most is that the end of the 3rd book, ends like it's the actual end. Yet I know there are 2 more books in this series so I'm quite interested to see what they are about one day. There are a few racial slurs from a cowboy character, and a few casual drops of the term 'Red Indian.' But those are kind of the point. This story shows Little Bull as brave, shrewd, caring, and most of all human. It shows the reader (as it showed me when I was young) that the slurs are from stupidity or fear. It helped me see these words should not define the people they're directed at, but rather the people they issue from.