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Genre/Form: | Novels Young adult fiction Diary fiction Fiction Juvenile works Young adult works Juvenile literature Juvenile fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney |
ISBN: | 9780316013680 0316013684 9781428764507 142876450X 9780316013697 0316013692 9780316068208 0316068209 |
OCLC Number: | 154698238 |
Performer(s): | Ellen Forney. |
Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, 2008 National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2007. Odyssey Award, 2009. Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008. American Indian Youth Literature Award winner, 2008. |
Target Audience: | 600L |
Description: | 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents: | The black eye of the month club -- Why chicken means so much to me -- Revenge is my middle name -- Because geometry is not a country somewhere near France -- Hope against hope -- Go means go -- Rowdy sings the blues -- How to fight monsters -- Grandmother gives me some advice -- Tears of a clown -- Halloween -- Slouching toward Thanksgiving -- My sister sends me an E-mail -- Thanksgiving -- Hunger pains -- Rowdy gives me advice about love -- Dance, dance, dance -- Don't trust your computer -- My sister sends me a letter -- Reindeer games -- And a partridge in a pear tree -- Red versus white -- Wake -- Valentine heart -- In like a lion -- Rowdy and I have a long and serious discussion about basketball -- Because Russian guys are not always geniuses -- My final freshman year report card -- Remembering -- Talking about turtles -- Discussion guide -- Interview with Ellen Forney. |
Responsibility: | by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney. |
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WorldCat User Reviews (2)
If he can do it, what have I got to complain about?
I'm actually tempted to add this to my "biography" shelf as well because this story is so close to how Sherman Alexie described his own life when I heard him speak a few years ago at the PLA conference in Seattle. It's a funny, poignant book about a Spokane Indian teenager who decides to buck...
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I'm actually tempted to add this to my "biography" shelf as well because this story is so close to how Sherman Alexie described his own life when I heard him speak a few years ago at the PLA conference in Seattle. It's a funny, poignant book about a Spokane Indian teenager who decides to buck the odds and go to school 22 miles away in a small town full of white folks. He faces all kinds of obstacles and culture shock as he adjusts to his new school and deals with his own people viewing him as a traitor for aspiring to overcome crushing poverty and personal loss and do something with his life.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, even though I think Alexie is funnier in person. If you're recommending this book to kids, keep in mind that it's written from the perspective of a 14-year-old boy, so there are some references to masturbation & breasts, etc.
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Washington Reads (Summer 2008) Selection
Alexie’s first novel for young adults is a coming-of-age novel that will make you laugh while it breaks your heart. With wit and humor, it chronicles Junior’s attempts to rise above the expectations people have for him, in Wellpinit and Reardon, Sherman’s hometowns. Already...
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Alexie’s first novel for young adults is a coming-of-age novel that will make you laugh while it breaks your heart. With wit and humor, it chronicles Junior’s attempts to rise above the expectations people have for him, in Wellpinit and Reardon, Sherman’s hometowns. Already selected as a one-book read by several Washington communities, this book will stand the test of time.
For further information about the Washington State Library Washington Reads program, see our website at <a href="http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/wa_reads.aspx">http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/wa_reads.aspx</a>
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