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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9780316013680
ISBN: 0316013684
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: September 12, 2007
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 902
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
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In his first book for young adults, 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 acclaimed artist 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.
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- Excellent minus the language!This is a great coming of age book! You will fall in love with Arnold Spirit. He is tough and full of heart. There's a little something for everyone who picks up this book: friendship, romance (kinda), embracing differences, and dealing with death. Alexie's style of writing is insane! He is so good at what he does. You'll want to laugh and cry at the same time. Alexie gives the reader insight into the life of a Native American. I have been a Sherman Alexie fan ever since my English professor made ... Read More
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- Amazing ReadThis is my first Sherman Alexie book, and I have to say I was very impressed. He captured the tone, age, angst, life of his main character, Arnold "Junior" Spirit, perfectly. It was a very satisfying story. Junior's perceptions about life on the "rez" as well as life in the "white world" were dead-on descriptions of reality without being too politically motivated and "in your face." Some teenage humor, which, for an adult reading it, you sometimes have to remember that that's the way 14-year old boys ... Read More
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- Treat Yourself Right NowI wish it was possible to give a book six stars on Amazon. Or ten stars. Or a hundred stars. Not for just any book, mind you; only for those that pack such emotional wallop, humor, and writing into them that the usual scale just doesn't do them justice. The sort of book like the young adult novel The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie that just makes you immediately realize this book deserves way more than just five stars.
Arnold (also known as Junior), lives ... Read More
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- From J. Kaye's Book BlogAn Indian boy named Junior grows up on an Indian Reservation in Spokane. He is born with defects that stand out in a way he's bullied in school. After a fight with his teacher, he moves to an all white school off the reservation. He leaves behind his only friend, Rowdy.
At his new school, he ends up making new friends, but in the end, he'll connect with Rowdy again. This touching book is based on parts of the author's life, really making the book more meaningful. It's a great ... Read More
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- A challenging story about race, youth, love, and passions...The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a book authored by Sherman Alexie and illustrated (very effectively) by Ellen Forney, is the story of a young Native American living on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He started off life uniquely, born with hydrocephaly, regular seizures until age seven, and a stutter and lisp. Arnold Spirit, Jr., after noticing that he was using the same geometry book that his mother used 30 years earlier, decided he'd had enough of the insults about his looks and abilities, ... Read More
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