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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Title: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie
Number of Pages: 230 pages
Book Number/Goal: 42/75 for 2009
My Rating: 5/5
Junior may only be fourteen, but he knows living on the rez is a ticket to nowhere, so when one of his teachers tells him to get off the reservation, he enrolls in high school in a nearby white town the very next day, even though it feels like a betrayal of his family and friends and everyone he knows.
I had heard a lot of good things about this book and had it on my wishlist for ages. When I finally got it in the mail today, I ended up reading it right away. It's young adult, has a lot of illustrations, and a very conversational tone, so I zipped right through it. There's so much to it, though. It's a quick read, but it's not light reading. And it's just as awesome as everyone said it was.
On a less awesome note, I got a UK version of this and uh, I know that not all Native Americans are dark-skinned, but they could have given him some pigment. It says Indian on the cover, after all. They're not fooling anyone into thinking it's about white people, so wtf?
Mooch from BookMooch.
Author: Sherman Alexie
Number of Pages: 230 pages
Book Number/Goal: 42/75 for 2009
My Rating: 5/5
Junior may only be fourteen, but he knows living on the rez is a ticket to nowhere, so when one of his teachers tells him to get off the reservation, he enrolls in high school in a nearby white town the very next day, even though it feels like a betrayal of his family and friends and everyone he knows.
I had heard a lot of good things about this book and had it on my wishlist for ages. When I finally got it in the mail today, I ended up reading it right away. It's young adult, has a lot of illustrations, and a very conversational tone, so I zipped right through it. There's so much to it, though. It's a quick read, but it's not light reading. And it's just as awesome as everyone said it was.
On a less awesome note, I got a UK version of this and uh, I know that not all Native Americans are dark-skinned, but they could have given him some pigment. It says Indian on the cover, after all. They're not fooling anyone into thinking it's about white people, so wtf?
Mooch from BookMooch.