The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

2007 • 301 pages

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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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Such a good book. I don't even know how to talk about it. It's a coming of age story; grappling with identity; love, sorrow; who we are and what makes us who we are. So good.

February 4, 2016

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