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Loading... The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indianby Sherman Alexie
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Funny, educational. (  ) ccavaleri | Nov 10, 2009 |  A brilliant book that follows Junior as he navigates his first year of high school at a school off of the Spokane reservation. Told in the form of his diary with hilarious and heartbreaking illustrations throughout, this book takes on the difficult issues of what it means to be an American Indian and the complicated and funny problems of just being a growing boy. This is a book that could be recommended to a middle school reader or even older because the illustrations and the vocabulary make the read feel easier while not lessening the impact of the story. Also the author has done a good job of capturing the teasing and gross out humor of boys going through puberty which makes the book a fun and true read. (  ) katekf | Nov 6, 2009 | the book was very good and it made me laugh several times and was well written ( ) blaketapa | Nov 5, 2009 | A moving coming of age about a misfit kid on a reservation and how he saves himself. Humour, pathos, gritty realism and basketball. JH isln_reads | Nov 2, 2009 | This book is a good example of a biography because it contains real life events of an American Indian teenager Author's style: "my brain was drowning in grease" metaphor Art Media: black pen mvanemmerik | Nov 2, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316013684, Hardcover)In his first book for young adults, 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 acclaimed artist 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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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