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-
Other Authors: Forney, Ellen,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown, [2007]
Physical Description: 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
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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.
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