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Author:

Alexie, Sherman, 1966- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

LittleBrown,

Copyright Date:

©2007

Description:

230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Spokane Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Juvenile fiction.
Indian reservations--Washington (State)--Juvenile fiction.
Washington (State)--Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Spokane Indians--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Fiction.
Indian reservations--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.
Indian reservations.
Indians of North America.
Race relations.
Spokane Indians.
Washington (State)
Spokane Indians--Fiction.
Native Americans--Washington (State)--Fiction.
Indian reservations--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.
Novels.
Young adult fiction.
Diary fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Young adult works.
Diary fiction.
Diary fiction.
Novels.
Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Forney, Ellen, illustrator.

Notes:

Ellen Forney.

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 -- 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.

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.

ISBN:

0316068209
9780316068208
0316013692
9780316013697
142876450X
9781428764507
0316013684
9780316013680

OCLC:

(OCoLC)154698238

LCCN:

2007022799

Locations:

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora) — Copies: 12