He was a smallish kid who used to have seizures. Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.Junior, a teenager on the Spokane Indian Reservation (the "rez"), spent his entire life trying to blend in. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away.Junior realized that he was going nowhere fast and the onl He was picked on and bullied almost constantly.
In a couple of years, I hope that your 11-year-old will, too! (less) Too bad that message isn't "clean" enough for some.Īnyway, I am a 32-year-old college educated woman and a former high school teacher, and I definitely saw both the merit and amusement in it. It's reading about somebody who uses their gifts to choose a better path than the life he was born into. It's not "reading a messed up kid's thoughts". It's about a young man living between two worlds, and taking the higher road, even when it isn't easy. I wouldn't say it's "ruining the minds" of any kids, especially not a child who has a better understanding of grammar than the person who made that comment. But it's also squarely in the PG-13 range, due to language, mild sexual content, and other grown-up themes (family alcohol use). It's a great and inspiring story, definitely worth reading.
It's a great and inspiring story, definitely wort …more I suppose it depends on the maturity of the child, but I think I would wait until they are 13 or 14. With a foreward by Markus Zusak & interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forneyīekah I suppose it depends on the maturity of the child, but I think I would wait until they are 13 or 14. 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. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolut Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.