The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Added material, including a discussion guide and an exclusive interview with the artist ! Junior is a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation. Born with a variety of medical problems, he is picked on by everyone but his best friend. Determined to receive e good education, Junior leaves the rez to attend an all-white school in the neighboring farm town where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
despite being condemned as a traitor to his people and enduring great tragedies, Junior attacks life with wit and humor and discovers a strength inside of himself that he never knew existed. Inspired by his own experiences growing up, award-winning author Sherman Alexie chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one unlucky boy trying to rise Above the life everyone expects hive to live.