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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

Title
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney.
Author
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
Publication
New York : Little, Brown, ©2007.
Supplementary Content
  • Author's website
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

Details

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
  • Spokane Indians > Juvenile fiction
  • Indians of North America > Washington (State) > Juvenile fiction
  • Indian reservations > Washington (State) > Juvenile fiction
  • Spokane Indians > Fiction
  • Indians of North America > Washington (State) > Fiction
  • Indian reservations > Fiction
  • Race relations > Fiction
  • Diaries > Fiction
  • Indian reservations
  • Indians of North America
  • Race relations
  • Spokane Indians
  • Washington (State) > Race relations > Juvenile fiction
  • Washington (State)
Genre/Form
  • Young adult fiction.
  • Diary fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Young adult works.
Audience (note)
  • 600L
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
  • 9780316013680
  • 0316013684
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:
Author's website
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
Forney, Ellen, illustrator.
Research Call Number
JGD 08-111
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