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Who Will Tell My Brother?
International Reading Association Children's Book Award Winner Determined to sway high school officials to remove disparaging Indian mascots, Evan assumes a struggle that spirals him onto a soul-searching journey and exposes him to a barrage of bullying, taunts, and escalating violence. Marlene Carvell's striking first novel is a timely look at a true story of a mixed-race...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
September 1st 2004
by Disney-Hyperion
(first published July 2nd 2002)
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What should we do when faced with injustice? In YA problem novels, the hero often has to 'do' something; take action to make a difference. Yet, reality isn't so simple; actions go unheeded, inaction is the default for too many of us all too often. "Who Will Tell My Brother" does a fine job of showing how facing injustice takes time, goes slowly, and is rarely completed, success being measured in inches rather than miles.
As verse novels go, this one took me a long time to connect with. The pace i...more
As verse novels go, this one took me a long time to connect with. The pace i...more
Nice use of free verse to tell the tale of Evan's quest to have his school stop using a mascot he finds offensive. This book was really interesting, both in its ability to tell a story with a remarkable economy of words and in the story itself. With FSU still having Chief Osceola, the Redskins still having both their name and their mascot, etc., I imagine there are quite a few kids like Evan, struggling to have their voice heard as they protest the use of their heritage in a hurtful way.
Appropriate 9-12, Through lyrical free-verse poems that span his senior year, readers come to know Evan Hill, an artistic, articulate student who embarks on a crusade begun by his older brother to remove the Indian as their high school's mascot. He shares a Native American heritage with his father, who embodies patience and quiet strength and who draws the teen into his once estranged Mohawk family circle. Evan encounters a mix of hostility, indifference, and silent support for his cause from hi...more
To date, this is the most amazing book I have ever read. The author writes this book through a series of sequenced, free-verse poems. The poems take Evan, the main character, through his senior year of high school, and through his efforts to change the school's mascot. Evan, even though on the surface do not appear to be, is half Native American. The school he attends has an Indian for a school mascot. Evan is faced with this image when walking the halls and while attending school events. The im...more
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Who will tell my brother?
By: Marlene Carvell
Price: $5.99
ISBN: 0-7868-1657-0
This is about racism and stereotypes. Its about a teenager, in high-school and he wants the school to get ride of Indian mascots. He gets offended from these actions. The main character is Evan. These actions would be bullying, teasing and getting into violence. He's standing up for himself and not giving up his pride.
This book was a BOMB. I'm standing side by side to Evan! I hate racism, stereotypes, bullying, violence,...more
By: Marlene Carvell
Price: $5.99
ISBN: 0-7868-1657-0
This is about racism and stereotypes. Its about a teenager, in high-school and he wants the school to get ride of Indian mascots. He gets offended from these actions. The main character is Evan. These actions would be bullying, teasing and getting into violence. He's standing up for himself and not giving up his pride.
This book was a BOMB. I'm standing side by side to Evan! I hate racism, stereotypes, bullying, violence,...more
This novel written in free verse clearly connected with me given that I lived in a university town (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) where much racism toward Native Americans occurred. This was particularly evident in the use of the dancing "Chief" at University-sponsored sports' events and in images "proudly" displayed in stores and homes in that community, and even across the state. At the same time, I recognize that the protagonists' thinking and actions may be a bit more mature than...more
This was a recommended title from my multicultural children's lit class that I finally got around to reading. It tackles the hot-button issue of Native American stereotyped images or icons as mascots for high schools and sports teams through the eyes of an "insider" - a biracial high school boy. It's written in poetry form, so an easy read, but definitely a loaded one, especially as this is a fictional narrative based on the author's two son's experiences in their own high school. The search for...more
This book was very sad to read because Evan, who sticks up for what was right, is left to be bullied and taunted. I was really mad when I read this book because I don't think it was fair that he was the one being bullied when he was trying to do something that was right by telling his school officials to remove offensive Indian mascots. Although this book was really moving, I wasn't really that into it because I've already read a lot of books with a similar plot.
Great book - actually written in Free Verse. Evan decides during this school year he will try to accomplish what his brother started a few years ago...get the school board to agree to change the school mascot. The school mascot is a fighting warrior and Evan being a Native American feels very uncomfortable with this choice of mascot. During his mission, Evan is shown a whole new side of his classmates and people in town.
This book... This book makes me feel sick, it makes me angry, it makes me never read a book again, it makes me feel depressed when I read it, it makes me feel empty. The fact that the author can't write a good poem for crap makes it an extremely boring book to read.
I know some kids don't like books written in this style, a sort of "poetry", but it works well for this one. It is a quick read, but very thought provoking.
-This is about a boy who during his lonely crusade to remove an offensive mascot from his high school, learned more about his heritage and his place in the world.
I really liked this book. I'm drawn to stories where people stand beside their convictions. The language is sometimes cliche but the story is told well.
This is a new book about Evan, who is half native-american and his personal struggle with his identity. When he decides to challenge his school because he finds their mascot to be offensive to his culture, he is met with resistance from every level. This book highlights how people are oblivious as to how there actions can negatively affect other people and their cultural beliefs. this book is written in free verse and the story flows very smoothly.
Evan's struggle to change his school's Indian mascot and his search for his own identity - short, powerful, written in prose
This story, written in prose, follows Evan as he protests his school's Indian mascot. It was pretty realistic, parts of it were really hard to read, and the ending was very satisfying without totally jumping the shark. A good book on an interesting topic.
Lovely lyrical book of racism and a boy's inner feelings of standing alone to do something that he knows to be true.
too complicated but little bit of words.
this is the first poetry/novel book i've read. it was really great, although i'm not sure how it's poetry.
it's a moving, simple, powerful story about a high school senior working to change the Indian mascot of his school because it is raciest and outdated.
this would be a great book to read while learning about the treatment of native americans in early american history. it also addresses bullying and the power of one person.
it's a moving, simple, powerful story about a high school senior working to change the Indian mascot of his school because it is raciest and outdated.
this would be a great book to read while learning about the treatment of native americans in early american history. it also addresses bullying and the power of one person.
As a resident of Illinois who thinks the Chief should be dancing at every Illini football and basketball game, I had a problem with this novel! And I didn't think it was written very well.[return][return]During his lonely crusade to remove offensive mascots from his high school, a Native American teenager learns more about his heritage, his ancestors, and his place in the world.
First-person narrative in free(ish) verse, an unlikely combination that works well. It's an interesting approach to the finding-identity story, Native American heritage in the Northeast instead of the expected Western states.
A novel in verse, based on the experiences of the author's son. Deals with school mascots being named after Indians, which has been controversial here in New York State.
Jun 23, 2008
Natalie A
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone with a heart for the teased
Recommended to Natalie by:
English teacher - the best one I ever had.
Shelves:
fiction
This was so sad. Everytime I picked this up I wanted to sucker punch the idiots in the story who were picking on the poor kid. *sigh*
Great book to teach from....written in poetry format, tells the story of an American Indian teenager struggling for his self-identity.
Apr 22, 2013
Amy
marked it as to-read
Mar 03, 2013
Allison Bryan
marked it as to-read
Mar 02, 2013
Amanda
marked it as home-library
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