The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback

by Sherman Alexie
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Book Overview

by Sherman Alexie (Author)

A New York Times bestseller--over one million copies sold!
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.

Author Biography

A National Book Award-winning author, poet, and filmmaker, Sherman Alexie is one of the most well-known and beloved literary writers of his generation. His works of fiction, including The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Reservation Blues, and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, have received numerous awards and citations. He lives in Seattle. Like Thunder Boy Jr., Sherman was named for his father.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 01, 2009
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 6
ISBN9780316013697
Author Sherman Alexie
PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
GenreYoung adult, Society & culture, Sports, and Comics & graphic novels
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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