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

Diary has struck a chord with so many people, in so many different ways. It's accessible to all ages, all sorts of people. It's an honor to be a part of a work that so many people find inspirational.

An award-winning author, poet, and filmmaker, Sherman Alexie was named one of GRANTA

magazine's Best Young American Novelists and has been lauded by the BOSTON GLOBE as

"an important voice in American literature." One of the most well-known and beloved literary writers of his generation, his works of fiction, including RESERVATION BLUES and short

story collections TEN LITTLE INDIANS and THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO

FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN, have received numerous awards and citations. He lives in Seattle.

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 a good education, Junior leaves the rez to attend an all-white school in their 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 him to live.