SYNOPSIS:
Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, is a cartoonist. He is also
a Spokane Indian and lives on the reservation. He was born with hydrocephalus
(water on the brain). This causes him to have seizures. Growing up, Junior is
regularly the target of bullies. In high school Junior decides to attend the
white high school, off the reservation. Junior’s best friend, Rowdy, rejects
him for this choice. They square off in a high school basketball game. After
the game, Junior reflects on the outcome of the game and how it will impact the
lives of the players. Over the course of this book Junior must come to terms
with his identity, as well as first love and multiple deaths of people close to
him. In this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story, Sherman Alexie writes
with both gut-wrenching realism and humor.
MY BOOKTALK:
SHERMAN ALEXIE READS AN EXCERPT:
SHERMAN ALEXIE ON BOOK BANNING AND CENSORSHIP:
AWARDS:
- 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
- 2008 American Indian Youth Literature Awards. American Indian Library Association Best Young Adult Book.
- 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction and Poetry.
- 2009 Odyssey Award as the year's "best audiobook for children or young adults", read by Alexie (Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, LLC, 2008, ISBN 1-4361-2490-5).
- 2010 California Young Reader Medal, Young Adult Book
CREDITS:
Alexie, S., & Forney, E. (2009). The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York [u.a.: Little, Brown. ©2009 ISBN13:978-0316013680 Hardcover $16.99
Kulman, L. (2007, November 20). Hear the National Book Award Winners. Retrieved November 24, 2017, from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16358692
O. (2014, September 10). Sherman Alexie on Book Banning and Censorship. Retrieved November 24, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkU13p9mHGI
Cover Art: WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/title/absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indianya/oclc/975938015&referer=brief_results
Cover Art: WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/title/absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indianya/oclc/975938015&referer=brief_results
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