Here is my list, which is sure to be revised as the semester begins and as I process with students. Being removed from my daily life and with long stretches of time for reading + reflection, I read with a sense of both/and-both true separation from Junior’s experiences and total immersion in the importance of his story and its implicit call to action.Īs I’m reading this time, I’m taking notes on major themes/takeaways for social justice, tracing the emotions impacting different characters ( heart) key social, cultural, historical, and educational concepts ( head) and the potential for action ( hands). I’d spend each day thinking about the book while hiking and each evening reading in the dim light of remote huts. That summer, I took The Absolutely True Diary on a multi-day hiking trip. I’ve loved this book since I first read it in 2008. I hope students will relate to the main character Junior (Arnold Spirit) and find their way into thinking about central concepts of (in)equity, (in)justice, agency, power, and rights, which we’ll be studying throughout the semester. In this powerful YA novel, Alexie describes growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and navigating interactions in the rural, white high school.Īlexie’s narrative reveals much about systemic inequities, colonization, marginalization, and disenfranchisement. With a foreword by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.In preparation for a course I’m teaching this spring (“ Writing for Social Justice”), I’m lucky to be re-reading Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
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