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Jan 29, 2024
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Jan 11, 2024SurreyLibraries_Teens rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” is about an Indigenous teen called Junior, who lives on an impoverished reservation, and wants a better, more promising life. Therefore, he moves to an all-white school with ideal education…
Nov 29, 2023SurreyLibraries_Teens5 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" is a captivating coming-of-age story that centers around Junior, a young indigenous boy living on an isolated reserve. He faces numerous challenges in his community, surrounded by…
Nov 09, 2023drvining rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
One of the titles I've been collecting from various "banned books" lists. A good read with insights into one kids experience moving between his tribe and the white world around him. Recommended for adults and kids!
Oct 02, 2023Kgtrevino rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Yet another important story to tell and to read. This was a beautiful story that was heartbreaking and hopeful, then shattering all over again. I loved the humor laced throughout, the comic graphics, and the dive into culture that often…
Sep 28, 2023RebelBelle13 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Not for me, but I commend the author in writing a book for the middle grade audience on such an important topic.
May 05, 2023red_rat_284 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed reading "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," a book about a high school boy named Junior who's from an Indian Reservation. Throughout the book, goes through many events such as moving into a new school with…
Apr 06, 2023avu2022 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A light hearted story filled with serious messages. Junior has lived his whole life on the Spokane Indian Reservation, but leaves it all behind every morning to go to Reardan, an all white farm school. The Absolutely True Diary of a…
Jan 28, 2023mark_105 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A very easy to read and enjoyable book, though the separate epilog can be skirted.
Jan 26, 2023pacl_teens rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman is a lighthearted but powerful book. It sheds light on Native American reservations. At first glance, this book is an easy read and you could just breeze through the entire…
Oct 09, 2022yum_G rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" is a book to be remembered. It teaches numerous deep lessons and gives you a story you never had heard of. The book is about a fourteen-year-old boy who flipped his world upside down and…
Jul 27, 2022UyenThyN rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I fell in love with this book and its characters, especially the main character, Arnold Spirit, who is also known as Junior. As a comic artist, Junior transfers from the high school on his Spokane reservation to the one in the white town…
Jun 07, 2022Liber_vermis rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I read this book after learning that it is the most "challenged" book to be requested to be withdrawn from libraries. The reader quickly knows why as the author pushes all the "hot buttons" such as using the F-word and the N-word in the…
Jan 05, 2022ChinesaR_KCMO rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I first heard about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie when it was originally published a few years ago. I didn't learn about it from my usual sources, but rather from the local news, where it was the…
Oct 16, 2021sarahmokhtari rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a Native American teenager who lives and attends school on a reservation. One day, fed up with the lack of education and proper schooling at the…
Sep 15, 2021JCLJenV rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A great YA novel about a teenage boy leaving his Indian reservation to get better schooling at the white kid's school in the next town.
Aug 29, 2021Marisabel11 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
‘The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian’, by Sherman Alexie, takes place on the Spokane Indian Reservation. It follows fourteen-year-old Arnold Spirit (Junior), born with hydrocephalus, resulting in his seizures, poor eyesight,…
May 04, 2021chaparalak rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, is a fictional novel about a boy named Junior, a native American who lives on the Spokane Indian reservation. He was born with excess spinal fluid in the brain, and…
May 01, 2021MimiY217 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book does an excellent job of walking that thin line between absolutely hilarious and absolutely heart-breaking. Jr will endear himself to you with his sarcasm and self-deprecation so you can't help but feel for him as he goes through…
Mar 04, 2021Anita_Dickey rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I read this book to fulfil the goal read a book by an Indigenous author  The United Nations definition:  Indigenous communities, peoples, and nations are those that, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial…
Dec 19, 2020GLNovak rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was quite an amazing read. Arnold 'Junior' Spirit begins life with huge challenges and so must learn early how to handle himself. He is part of a close community on the Wellpinit Reserve in Washington State, and all around him he…
Oct 04, 2020micahsmith_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Though this book may seem graphic, it really does give a glimpse into a Native American community and the struggle to hope. It's very real.
Jul 21, 2020Sean_Exon rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Life on the Spokane Indian Reservation was tough for Junior, a teenage Indian boy. He lived in poverty, had alcoholic parents, bullied by his community and even his best friend was not nice to him. Mr. P, a white teacher, encouraged him to…
Jun 03, 2020Debrajjbarbour rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This book is pornographic. It is completely inappropriate and should be removed from the library. The basic premise could go places but the writing is horrendous.
Apr 16, 2020TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-time Indian gives a new perspective on Native Americans and their lives. A 14 year old native teen named Arnold is its hilarious narrator who walks the story through his journey at the reserve, and…