The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By Sherman Alexie

Illustrators Pictures by Ellen Forney Publisher Little, Brown Imprint Little, Brown ISBN

9780316013680

Awards and Honors Winner of the 2007 National Book Award | 2008 ALA Best Book for Young Adults | Book Sense – Book of the Year Award 2008, Children’s Literature | Book Sense Children’s Picks – Fall 2007 | Winner of the 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction & Poetry | The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2007 | Horn Book Fanfare List – Best Books of 2007, Fiction | Kirkus Reviews – Best Young Adult Books 2007 | Publishers Weekly – Best Children’s Books 2007, Children’s Fiction | School Library Journal – Best Books 2007 | 2008 Boston Globe-Horn BookAward, Fiction & Poetry

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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Language: Mild Language,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Mild Violence

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The Wellpinit reservation is a rough place to grow up, but to Arnold, it's home. So he feels torn when he begins attending an affluent high school off the reservation. Things only get worse when Arnold's new basketball team returns to play the team from Wellpinit, and he must face his best friend and all his former teammates on the court. Could the crowd really be booing him? "I felt like one of those Indian scouts who led the U.S. Cavalry against other Indians." Illustrated with Arnold's cartoon drawings. Winner of the 2007 National Book Award and the 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

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AR Level 4.0 AR Points 6.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey F Title alpha The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Level Mature Young Adult Plus Pages Count 256 Summary Hydrocephalus at birth has left Junior somewhat misshapen and prone to seizures, with a stutter and a lisp. He is an easy target for bullies, despite Rowdy’s protection. Life on the reservation is bleak. Poverty and drunkenness surround Junior, and even his smart, beautiful sister has given in to depression. His first day of high school convinces Junior that he must escape the reservation. In what many on the reservation, including Rowdy, view as an act of betrayal to the tribe, Junior enrolls in Reardan High School, an academically strong school with a white, privileged, often racist student body. Armed with an eagerness to learn and a will to succeed, Junior must survive as an outsider in two worlds while negotiating the unwritten rules of each. Topics Hydrocephalus. Seizures. Speech impediments. Bullies. Cartoons. Indian reservations. Medical care. Poverty. Dogs. Dreams. Depression. Friends. Abuse. Alcoholism. Anger. Fights. Bullies. Revenge. High school. Masturbation. Sisters. Teachers. Textbooks. Acting out. Confessions. Forgiveness. Romance novels. Giving up. Escape. Hope. Transferring schools. Betrayal. Names. Unwritten rules. Racial epithets. Standing up for yourself. Grandmothers. Respect. Attraction. Secrets. Helping others. Being ignored. Petrified wood. School transportation. Marriage. Intellectual excitement. Bulimia. Girlfriends. School dances. Money. Sympathy. Tribes. Basketball. Tryouts. Vomiting. Mobs. Injuries. Coaches. Parenting. Tolerance. Drunk drivers. Death. Grief. Funerals. Television interviews. Athletic success. Cemeteries. Crying. Climbing trees. Legends. Reunions. SRC Level 3.300000 SRC Points 13.000000 Lexile 600L Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" Language English JLG Release Date Nov 2007 Minimum grade 11 Maximum grade 12 Reading level High Format Print

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