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  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By Alexie, Sherman

Wins the 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.  
Find out why this book has the attention of critics and readers.  This is an amazing story of breaking out of the confines of tradition to explore the possibilities of life outside the reservation. 

One of twenty contenders for the Michigan Library Association’s Teen Services Division Thumbs Up! Award for 2008.  What do you think about the book?

    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 

                 by Sherman Alexie

Though fiction, the basis of True Diary is from Mr. Alexie’s life on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington.  If you listen to the audio version, you will hear not only the written words, but the oral interpretation performed by the author.  The first few minutes of his slow paced, low tones seem awkward, but the story soon pulls the listener into Junior’s (Arnold Spirit) life and his realization of a dead end future if he stays on the reservation.  Ridicule from his fellow tribe members and the hardships of poverty plague his determination to achieve a place for himself in the white community of Reardan.  Listen to Arnold Spirit’s story as he searches for acceptance within his Spokane Tribe and the many tribes he encounters off the reservation.

Already saluted for literary excellence by parents, book sellers, newspapers, review journals and the publishing world, the Thumbs Up! Committee includes it in their top twenty titles from 2007.  To learn more about Sherman Alexie and True Diary, click here for biographies and reviews.