The Daily Booktalk: #tbt: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie. 240 p. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, September, 2007. 9780316013680.

#tbt features The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie. This semi-autobiographical work of fiction turns ten-year-old this month! It was published in September and won the National Book Award in November. It has also landed on a few Banned Books lists. At times hilarious and heartbreaking, sometimes both simultaneously, this is the first-person narration by fourteen-year-old Junior, who lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation in abject poverty with his dysfunctional family. Sherman Alexie is a poet, screen-writer, producer, comedian and novelist who usually writes for an adult audience. This was his YA debut.