The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Contributor(s): Alexie, Sherman (Author); Forney, Ellen (Illustrator)

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 chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. 
Publisher:  Little, Brown Young Readers
Pub Date:  04/2009
ISBN:  9780316013697
Binding:  Paperback-1.52 cms H x 20.83 cms L x 13.72 cms W (0.23 kgs) 229 pages

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