The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

Type

Book

Authors

Sherman Alexie ( Alexie, Sherman )

Ellen Forney ( Forney, Ellen )

ISBN 10

0316013692

ISBN 13

9780316013697

Tags

Spokane -- Juvenile fiction, Spokane, Race relations -- Fiction, Race Relations, Diaries -- Fiction, Diaries, Fiction, Young adult literature, Wit and humor, Humorous stories

Abstract

"Junior is a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation. Born with a variety of medical problems, he is picked on by everyone but his best friend. Determined to receive a good education, Junior leaves the rez to attend an all-white school in the neighboring farm town where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Despite being condemned as a traitor to his people and enduring great tragedies, Junior attacks life with wit and humor and discovers a strength inside of himself that he never knew existed.

Inspired by his own experiences growing up, award-winning author Sherman Alexie chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one unlucky boy trying to rise above the life everyone expects him to live."--Back cover.

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