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India Press Store - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780316013680
ISBN: 0316013684
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2007-09-12
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Summary: Wonderfully thought provoking
Comment: Good books are often challenging and provoke wonderful - if not always easy - conversations. This one certainly fit that bill and gave me a chance to talk to my son about topics that are sometimes hard to bring up. (Poverty, racism, privilege, sexuality, etc.)
I've been a fan of Sherman Alexie for several years, so was very excited when he wrote a YA book just before my son was ready for it. I read it first as I usually do, and decided to hold it back a year and let him read it at the end of 7th grade when he was developmentally ready for it. (Different for each child.) But before he read it we talked about the language and situations depicted. (Criticized by some reviewers.) It was a good chance to talk about how we could read a book and be impacted by it, learn from it, enjoy it, get swept up in it, even be changed by it - but know that it is not okay to behave like characters in it.
If you are, or know, a teen who enjoyed this book but are looking for a more challenging reading level, Alexie's "Flight" might be a good next step.
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Summary: Great Book for Teens
Comment: This was a really great book. Reminiscent of JD Salinger, John Knowles, SE Hinton... Great stuff. If I were I teenager again, I think I would read this over and over.
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Summary: Not Child Friendly!!!!
Comment: I am very upset this book is being recommended for children-I bought it for my son because of the "glowing reviews". I read it after he did and was appalled to find the "f"word in the book and lots of talk of masturbating!!! I will throw it in the trash just to be sure no other child gets his hands on it!
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Summary: the many disadvantages
Comment: How many disadvantages can one person overcome? Junior, the narrator of this book, overcomes several disabilities at birth, and then must overcome the physical manifestations of those disabilities (oversize head, lisp, stutter, etc.) for the rest of his life. On top of that he faces the disadvantages that come with being a member of the Spokane Indian tribe: poverty, endemic alcoholism, and general hopelessness.
But Junior is a determined and very smart kid. Taking the advice of one of his teachers at the reservation school, Junior decides to attend the white school 22 miles away. Here he overcomes the disadvantages of prejudice at his new school and the fact that many people on the reservation, including his erstwhile best friend, consider him a traitor.
The story of overcoming so many disadvantages could easily become trite. But not in the hands of Sherman Alexie. In this semiautobiographical novel, Alexie gives his narrator such an engaging voice (not to mention Ellen Forney's drawings) that there is nothing trite about this book. This story rings true no matter what culture you come from, or what your personal disadvantages may be.
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Summary: Fascinating!!
Comment: A very interesting and inspirational story. The sheer candidness and humor with which the author has handled such a delicate subject, leaves the readers in great awe. Great humor and pun broaden the appeal of this book but at the same time don't dampen the irony and the seriousness of the issues brought to light in this fascinating tale of a young Indian boy.
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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.
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