- Additional Authors
- Forney, Ellen
- Description
- 230 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Young adult fiction.
- Diary fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Young adult works.
- Audience (note)
- Awards (note)
- Boston-Globe-Horn Book Award, 2008
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2007.
- Odyssey Award, 2009.
- Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008.
- American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner, 2008
- Contents
- The black eye of the month club -- Why chicken means so much to me -- Revenge is my middle name -- Because geometry is not a country somewhere near France -- Hope against hope -- Go means go -- Rowdy sings the blues -- How to fight monsters -- Grandmother gives me some advice -- Tears of a clown -- Halloween -- Slouching toward Thanksgiving -- My sister sends me an E-mail -- Thanksgiving -- Hunger pains -- Rowdy gives me advice about love -- Dance, dance, dance -- Don't trust your computer -- My sister sends me a letter -- Reindeer games -- And a partridge in a pear tree -- Red versus white -- Wake -- Valentine heart -- In like a lion -- Rowdy and I have a long and serious discussion about basketball -- Because Russian guys are not always geniuses -- My final freshman year report card -- Remembering -- Talking about turtles -- Discussion guide -- Interview with Ellen Forney.
- Call Number
- JGD 08-111
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2007022799
- OCLC
- 154698238
- Author
Alexie, Sherman, 1966- author.
- Title
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney.
- Imprint
New York : Little, Brown, ©2007.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
Seattleites
Washingtonians (Washington State)
Americans
Men
Coeur d'Alene (North American people)
Spokane (North American people)
- Performer
Ellen Forney.
- Audience
600L Lexile.
- Study Program
Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 4 6 SD Quiz 117771 English fiction.
- Awards
Boston-Globe-Horn Book Award, 2008
A Junior Library Guild selection.
National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2007.
Odyssey Award, 2009.
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008.
American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner, 2008
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Forney, Ellen, illustrator.
- Research Call Number
JGD 08-111