tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post7247316574797548016..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Heather Sappenfield's THE VIEW FROM WHO I WASDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-81962698047806185732018-11-23T13:19:33.118-06:002018-11-23T13:19:33.118-06:00I agree with this statement: "I hate that NAP...I agree with this statement: "I hate that NAPS and kids there were used <br />by Sappenfield for this book. It feels like a violation."<br /><br />So you know, Heather Sappenfield also "used" a real-life young lady from the area where she lives and taught school, Vail Valley, CO. The real young lady went into the mountain forest with some pills and alcohol. She died. I believe that tracks in the snow showed she had a change of heart, trying to crawl out and go home.<br />Sappenfield let her character live, a blow to all the people who know the real-life family. The real-life girl did not get Sappenfield's fictional outcome.<br />Yes, Sappenfield may write beautifully, but she violates other peoples lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-5525350998375575472015-03-30T13:09:57.192-05:002015-03-30T13:09:57.192-05:00Just a heads up, despite all the work that went in...Just a heads up, despite all the work that went into you tearing this book to pieces, you still managed to spell Oona's mother's name incorrectly, spelling it as Murial, rather than Muriel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com