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

By: Alexie, Sherman, 1966-Contributor(s): Forney, Ellen [illustrator]Material type: TextTextDescription: 229, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN: 9780316013697 (pbk.); 0316013692 (pbk.); 9781439572740; 1439572747; 9780606072960 (lib. bdg.); 0606072969 (lib. bdg.); 9781428764507 (pbk.); 142876450X (pbk.)Subject(s): Spokane Indians -- Fiction | Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Fiction | Indian reservations -- Fiction | Race relations -- Fiction | High schools -- Fiction | Diary fiction | Young adult fictionGenre/Form: Young adult fiction | Diary fiction DDC classification: 813.54 LOC classification: PS3551.L35774 | A27 2009Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
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
Item type: Book List(s) this item appears in: Hero's Journey | Native Americans: Selected Reading List | Banned Books
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Includes author discussion guide and interview with illustrator Ellen Forney, pages [233-45]

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

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

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