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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (10th Anniversary Edition) Audiobook
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Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.
With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
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"This was in many ways a sad, hard book to listen to, and quite confronting. The issues of indigenous people, disability, bullying, poverty and how to overcome and escape them, and the cost in doing that. A powerful book."
— Rachel (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Sure to resonate and lift spirits of all ages for years to come.”
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“Working in the voice of a fourteen-year-old forces Alexie to strip everything down to action and emotion, so that reading becomes more like listening to your smart, funny best friend recount his day while waiting after school for a ride home.”
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“Opening this book is like meeting a friend you’d never make in your actual life and being given a piece of his world, inner and outer. It’s humane, authentic.”
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“Younger teens looking for the strength to lift themselves out of rough situations would do well to start here.”
— Booklist
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A National Book Award Winner
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A Town & Country Magazine Pick of Books to Educate Kids and Teens about Race
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About Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie is a poet, short-story writer, novelist, and performer. He is a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction, a PEN/Hemingway Citation for Best First Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. A Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian, he grew up in Wellpinit, Washington, on the Spokane Indian Reservation, and has been an urban Indian since 1994.