Arnold "Junior" Spirit doesn't exactly have an easy time of it. Born poor and hydrocephalic, it's pretty much a miracle that he survived infancy. Suffering from stuttering, his over-large head, bad eyesight and frequent seizures, he's routinely picked on by both children and adults on the Spokane re...
This was moving, and funny, and totally predictable but still handled difficult topics in a way that does not patronise its intended audience - the YA-ship. I know, I keep bashing a lot of YA reads because I find them silly or overly emotive, and in a way the story of Arnold, too, suffers from bot...
The pictures attached are the Teaching Tolerance Text Selection Tool which I utilized for analyzing cultural authenticity. Citation Alexie, Sherman, and Ellen Forney. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Print. Synopsis In his first book for young adu...
TW: Gay slurs, abuse, alcoholism,I was given this book by an online friend of mine who is Indian (her own label). It's so heartbreaking, funny, and so, so, true. I can't wait to read it with my daughter in a couple of years. It'll be waiting on my favorites shelf until then.
The fact that this book was banned/challenged isn't really surprising, I guess, as much irresponsible drinking and illegal drug use as there is in it. It was a rather eye-opening read even for an adult though...at least me. I kind of wished there was more development of the characters, but it was st...
The title is meant to be conversational, since this is a work of fiction. (That's mentioned in the discussion points at the end.)The book drew me right in. In gets deep by page 5, but in a really good way. That the character feels his dog is better than any human is pretty relatable. Being stared at...
In the build up to the holidays and winding down of the year, I’ve basically stopped reviewing—too many books, not enough time. Instead of trying to cram them in, or ignore them altogether, I’ve decided to do a little summary post for the most notable books I read in November and December so I can f...
I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was wonderful and while I don't have any knowledge or understanding of what life is like on a reservation, or in leaving a reservation, the way he talked about poverty and existing between two worlds hit hard. The only issue I had with this book is there were...
I really enjoyed this book. I read it for Banned Book Week because it's one of those books you always hear very controversial things about so I wanted to see what it was about. It focuses on racism towards Native American Indians and how poorly they were treated on reservation camps. I think this ...
There's not much I can say about this book that hasn't already been said. Everything about it is amazing - the writing, the story, the characters... I found Junior honest and funny, and was often giggling at his observations. I would have loved for the story to continue past the end; to find out whe...
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