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Never have I read a book that was more moving. I highly recommend this book as a relatively authentic means of educating ourselves and our youth about the realities of Native American disenfranchisement. It is beautifully written, with well developed characters.


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My Name Is Seepeetza Shirley Sterling 8601400290279 Books Reviews

It just was not written well. The diary entries dragged on, there was no plot or character development, and the ending was just like the beginning.
There isn't much of a plot here, but the writing is skillfully done. The story is told in the form of twelve-year-old Seepeetza's diary, which she keeps over the course of one year while attending an Indian boarding school in British Columbia in the 1950s. At the time, the law mandated that all Native American children should be sent to their schools, where they were given Anglo names (hers was Martha) and punished if they spoke their native languages. Seepeetza's school, run by nuns, was a bleak institution where the children's physical needs were taken care of and they got a decent education, but they were bullied and generally treated harshly by the nuns. But she did get to go home on vacations.

It's hard to write a novel in diary format and keep it realistic. Most writers go overboard and put way too much details in the diary, which moves the story along and lets the reader know what's going on, but you know nobody would write like that in their diary in real life. But Shirley Sterling struck the right balance here Seepeetza's diary was detailed enough to be interesting, but short enough to pass for a real diary. It sounds like it really could have been written by a twelve-year-old girl.
Great condition. I received the book in a timely manner.I am pleased with the quality of the project. I recommend the seller.
Authentic, but not exciting.
Never have I read a book that was more moving. I highly recommend this book as a relatively authentic means of educating ourselves and our youth about the realities of Native American disenfranchisement. It is beautifully written, with well developed characters.