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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 and Co., 2009.
Physical Description: 229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: First paperback edition.
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.
Young adult fiction.
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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: "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].
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.
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.
600 Lexile.
Accelerated Reader AR 4.0 6.0 117771. MCPL.
National Book Award winner.
Aims - Nook Accounts 2 and 3.
Aims - Nook eBook ed. Six simultaneous users.
Physical Description: 229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Audience: 600
Awards: National Book Award winner.
ISBN: 9780316013697
0316013692
9781439572740
1439572747
9780606072960
0606072969
9781428764507
142876450X
9780316013680
0316013684
9781606860724
1606860720

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