The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

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Full Title:: The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney

Genre:: Young adult fiction
Diary fiction
Subjects:: Spokane (North American people)--Fiction
Indigenous peoples--Washington (State)--Fiction
Indigenous reservations--Fiction
Race relations--Fiction
High schools--Fiction
Diary fiction
Young adult fiction
Challenged books--Specimens

Table of 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 -- Hunder 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.
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.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:: Includes author discussion guide and interview with illustrator Ellen Forney, p.[233-45].
Awards:: National Book Award winner.

Catalog ID (MMSID):: 990034698020302486
ISBN:: 9780316013697 (pbk.)
9781439572740
9780606072960 (lib. bdg.)
9781428764507 (pbk.)
0316013692 (pbk.)
1439572747
0606072969 (lib. bdg.)
142876450X (pbk.)
OCLC Number:: 317359051
Barcode:: 200000201900