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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

2009

Format:	Book
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Author:	Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
Title:	The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney.
Edition:	First paperback edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009. ©2007
Description:	229, [16] pages : illustrations ; 21 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.
Target Audience Note:	600 Lexile.
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 -- Discussion guide -- Interview with Ellen Forney.
Notes:	"First published in hardcover in 2007 by Little, Brown and Company" - Verso of title page. Includes author discussion guide and interview with illustrator Ellen Forney, pages [233-245]. Ellen Forney. Accelerated Reader AR 4.0 6.0 117771. National Book Award winner.
Genre:	Young adult fiction. Young adult works. Juvenile works. Diary fiction. Fiction. Young adult fiction. Diary fiction. Diary fiction. Young adult fiction.
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. Spokane Indians -- Fiction. Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Fiction. Indian reservations -- Fiction. Race relations -- Fiction. High schools -- Fiction. Diaries -- Fiction. Diaries. High schools. Indian reservations. Indians of North America. Race relations. Spokane Indians. Peace Collection Washington (State)
Other Author:	Forney, Ellen
LCCN:	2007022799
ISBN:	9780316013697 0316013692 9781439572740 1439572747 9780606072960 0606072969 9781428764507 142876450X 9780316013680 0316013684 9781606860724 1606860720 9780316013697 9780316013680 9780316013697
Other Number:	317359051
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