Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Your reviews length should be between 750- 1000 words (3-4 page double spaced pages)
The substance of your review must take the form of answers to the below four questions, albeit crafted into cohesive prose.
What is the author’s purpose in writing the book?
What specific contributions does the book make? Identify the book’s particular novelty, angle, or originality.
How well is the author’s purpose accomplished? In this section, which should be the heart of the review, you have an opportunity to make an original, critical evaluation of the book. You will want to address what is well done, poorly done, or originally done.
How does the book contribute to our understanding of this time period, geographic area, or particular field of history? Be specific.
Avoid direct quotations from the work that exceed more than a few words.