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| Title | : | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian |
| Author | : | Sherman Alexie |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 230 pages |
| Published | : | September 12th 2007 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Contemporary. Realistic Fiction. Humor. Coming Of Age. Teen |
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Hardcover | Pages: 230 pages Rating: 4.11 | 216079 Users | 23185 Reviews
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Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a foreward by Markus Zusak & interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen ForneyMention Books As The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
| Original Title: | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian |
| ISBN: | 0316013684 (ISBN13: 9780316013680) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Arnold "Junior" Spirit, Coach, Rowdy, Mary "Runs Away" Spirit, Mr. P, Agnes Adams / Spirit, Melinda, Mr. Grant, Penelope (divers), Micah, Roger "The Giant", Grandma Spirit, Eugene, Dawn, Mr. Dodge, Gordy, Dad Spirit, Rowdy's Dad, Mr. Sheridan, Earl, Gerald, Ted, Bobby |
| Setting: | United States of America Washington (state)(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2007), Odyssey Award (2009), American Indian Library Association Award, South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2010), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2009) Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2008), Florida Teens Read Nominee (2009), American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Young Adult Book (Award Retroactively Rescinded in 2018) (2008), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction (2008), The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2009), California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2010), Lincoln Award Nominee (2011), James Cook Book Award Nominee (2009), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2009) |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 216079 Users | 23185 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.Now this book completely caught me off guard. I expected this to be just another light and easy read. I didn't expect it to become one of my favorite books of the year so far. But it did.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was such a heartwarming book. For some reason it (at least to me) felt like a mix of I Am the Messenger and Wonder, and I freaking loved both of those books. This book was funny (I meanIf you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.Now this book completely caught me off guard. I expected this to be just another light and easy read. I didn't expect it to become one of my favorite books of the year so far. But it did.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was such a heartwarming book. For some reason it (at least to me) felt like a mix of I Am the Messenger and Wonder, and I freaking loved both of those books. This book was funny (I mean
"Reservations were meant to be prisons, you know? Indians were supposed to move onto reservations and die. We were supposed to disappear."- Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianI rarely enjoy YA books but I really liked this one. Narrated by Junior (Arnold) Spirit it tells the story of the life of a young Indian boy on and off a reservation Junior, an unlucky boy living on an Indian reservation in Spokane, Washington,was born with too much cerebral spinal fluid in his
I agree with Abby's review from 11/28/07. I wanted to like this book, but I was disappointed. It's the same Alexie story re-told for teens. The teen narrator doesn't feel authentic, though. He's made out to be a complete sadsack with a host of medical problems at first, then dates the prettiest girl in school and turns out to be a star basketball player. What did I miss? And why oh why did Alexie feel it necessary to kill off three main characters in the last few chapters?! My cynical guess is
Alexies autobiographical YA novel features Junior, who escapes into comics (drawn in the manner of a kid, wonderfully, by Ellen Forney) from his often tragic life on the rez, particularly The Spokane Indian Reservation. Its in a kind of diary format, and the part-time Indian part of the title refers to the move he makes to leave the rez school in Wellpinit to travel to an all-white school in Reardan, twenty-two miles away but it might as well be a continent away. That move, initated by a teacher
This book has sort of been on my radar, and yesterday I saw it on one of my student's desk. I excitedly asked him what he thought of it, and his face lit up. He told me he had just finished it and repeated, "It was a really good book" about three times, with the most genuine smile I've seen from this kid all year. When I told him it was on my list of books I wanted to read, he handed it to me and said, "take it." Huh? Then he showed me the sticker on the front cover that said, "FREE BOOK! Read
In the same way that John Green and Jesse Andrews use humor to deal with heavy issues like cancer, Sherman Alexie uses a similar device to tackle a variety of difficult subjects. He hits racism, bullying, addiction, death, poverty, and other topics all through his narrator's great sense of humor and his hilarious cartoons. I don't read a ton of YA stuff (although I sure have been lately!), but I try to at least hit the highlights. I think this is the best YA book I've read since The Knife of
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