The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
230 pages
|Published: 12 Sep 2007
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ISBN: 9780316013680
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date: 12 September 2007
Description
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 Forney
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 Forney