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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian is the best of the best by one of my favorite authors. I was ecstatic when I learned that Alexie had written a book for children. I read the book to my son, who prior to this book tended to resist reading, and by page one he was eating it up, begging me to stay awake to finish "just one more chapter"! The cartoons, going hand-in-hand with the coming of age story that any child, but particularly my biracial son, could relate to, reeled him in, but the story is what kept him going and eventually had him asking for his own copy, which he is now reading for his second time. This makes a third generation of avowed Alexie fans in my family. This book has it all: the unmatchable subtle Alexie humor, a good story, characters you can't help but admire and, for the kid in all of us, those understated, compelling drawings. Go check a copy out of your library today!
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
janice gill, September 14, 2009
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian is the best of the best by one of my favorite authors. I was ecstatic when I learned that Alexie had written a book for children. I read the book to my son, who prior to this book tended to resist reading, and by page one he was eating it up, begging me to stay awake to finish "just one more chapter"! The cartoons, going hand-in-hand with the coming of age story that any child, but particularly my biracial son, could relate to, reeled him in, but the story is what kept him going and eventually had him asking for his own copy, which he is now reading for his second time. This makes a third generation of avowed Alexie fans in my family. This book has it all: the unmatchable subtle Alexie humor, a good story, characters you can't help but admire and, for the kid in all of us, those understated, compelling drawings. Go check a copy out of your library today!(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)