W. Ross Macdonald School Library

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian /

Alexie, Sherman, 1966- , author.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney. - New York : Scholastic, 2007. - 229 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

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.

Teen / young adult.

National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2007 American Indian Youth Literature Award, 2008

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Indigenous peoples--Washington (state)--Fiction.
Indian reservations--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.


FICTION / Indigenous

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