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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney.
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316013697 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0316013692 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
- Copyright: ©2007
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- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
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| Subject: | Spokane > Fiction. Indigenous peoples > North America > Washington (State) > Fiction. Indigenous reservations > Fiction. Race relations > Fiction. Diaries > Fiction. Young adult fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | Indigenous collection |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Gibsons Public Library | YA FIC ALEX (Text) | 30886000095998 | Young adult fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Leaving the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school, Junior struggles to find his place in his new surroundings in order to escape his destiny back on the reservation. Reprint. - Baker & Taylor
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. - Grand Central Pub
A New York Times bestsellerâover one million copies sold! Â
A National Book Award winner
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner
Bestselling and award winning author Sherman Alexie tells the hearbreaking yet funny story about a boy living on the Spokane Indian Reservation who wants to break free of the life he was destined to live.
Junior is 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, based on the author's own experiences and 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. - Hachette Book Group
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 forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
