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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

2017

Title:	The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney.
Format:	Book
Author:	Alexie, Sherman, 1966- author.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2017] ©2007
Copyright:	©2007
Description:	307 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.
Audience Note:	600 Lexile.
Subjects:	Spokane Indians -- Juvenile fiction. Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Juvenile fiction. Indian reservations -- Juvenile fiction. Race relations -- Juvenile fiction. High schools -- Juvenile fiction. Diaries -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:	Young adult fiction. Diary fiction.

Other Author:	Forney, Ellen, illustrator.
Notes:	"First published in hardcover in 2007 by Little, Brown and Company" --Title page verso. Bonus content: A note from Sherman Alexie ; Personal photos from Sherman ; Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy ; A Letter from an educator ; Fan artwork ; Water on the Brain ; Jess Walter interviews Sherman Alexie ; Discussion guide ; Interview with Ellen Forney, pages [233-307]. Accelerated Reader AR 4.0 6.0 117771. National Book Award winner
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.

ISBN:	9780316013680 (hardcover) 0316013684 (hardcover)
Other Number:	1246184381
Control Number:	3828916

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