The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
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.
Main Author: | Alexie, Sherman, 1966- |
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Other Authors: | Forney, Ellen, |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Little, Brown,
[2007]
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Physical Description: |
230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Online Access: |
Author's website Book Trailer Teaching Aid - TeachingBooks.net Contributor biographical information Teen Review Publisher description |
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. |
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Item Description: |
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. Ellen Forney. 600L Lexile. Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 4 6 SD Quiz 117771 English fiction. A Junior Library Guild selection. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, 2008. National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2007. Odyssey Award, 2009. Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008. American Indian Youth Literature Award winner, 2008. 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. |
Physical Description: |
230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Audience: |
600L |
Awards: |
A Junior Library Guild selection. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, 2008. National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2007. Odyssey Award, 2009. Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008. American Indian Youth Literature Award winner, 2008. |
ISBN: |
9780316013680 0316013684 9781428764507 142876450X 9780316013697 0316013692 9780316068208 0316068209 |