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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Spiral-Bound | 2019-01-15

Steve Sheinkin

★★★★☆+ from 1,001 to 10,000 ratings

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America's favorite sport and Native American history collide in this thrilling true story for middle-grade readers, about one of the nation's greatest football teams.

When superstar athlete Jim Thorpe and football legend Pop Warner met in 1904 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," they took on the best opponents of their day, defeating much more privileged schools such as Harvard and the Army in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work.

But this is not just an underdog story. It's an unflinching look at the persecution of Native Americans and its intersection with the beginning of one of the most beloved--and exploitative--pastimes in America, expertly told by nonfiction powerhouse Steve Sheinkin.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1250294479
Item Weight: 1.0 lbs
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team:

"Sheinkin has made a career of finding extraordinary stories in American history, researching them exhaustively and recounting them at a nimble pace for readers aged ten and up. . . . Thorpe's greatness may be aspirational, but Sheinkin's brisk and forthright delivery makes it seem entirely possible." --The New York Times Book Review






"Along with Thorpe's fascinating personal story, Sheinkin offers a thought-provoking narrative about the evolution of football and the development of boarding schools such as the Carlisle Indian School." --The Washington Post

"A thoroughly engrossing and extensively researched examination of football's first 'all-American.'" --School Library Journal, starred review

"A model of research and documentation as well as of stylish writing that tells an always absorbing story." --Booklist, starred review

"A gifted storyteller who never forgets the story in history." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A propulsive reading experience." --Horn Book, starred review

"With contagious excitement, Sheinkin enthralls." --Shelf Awareness, starred review

"A new work of nonfiction as riveting as any historical novel you are likely to read this year." --Book Page

Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic histories for young readers. His books include The Notorious Benedict Arnold, winner of the Boston-Globe Horn Book Award for Nonfiction; Bomb: the Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, a Newbery Honor Book and a National Book Award Finalist; The Port Chicago 50, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and a National Book Award Finalist; and Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War, another National Book Award Finalist. Steve lives with his family in Saratoga Springs, New York. stevesheinkin.com