The novel:-
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is a 2007 novel for young adults written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney.
This was the first young-adult fiction work by Alexie, a stand-up comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and songwriter who has served as a board member and previously written adult novels, short stories, poems, and screenplays.The Absolutely True Diary is a first-person narrative by Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old budding cartoonist The book describes Arnold's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision, upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher, to go to an all-white public high school in the off-reservation town of Reardan, Washington.The novel has 65 comic illustrations by Ellen Forney. The novel is controversial for some of its content, as a result, some schools have banned the book from school libraries.The book won several awards --
This was the first young-adult fiction work by Alexie, a stand-up comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and songwriter who has served as a board member and previously written adult novels, short stories, poems, and screenplays.The Absolutely True Diary is a first-person narrative by Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old budding cartoonist The book describes Arnold's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision, upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher, to go to an all-white public high school in the off-reservation town of Reardan, Washington.The novel has 65 comic illustrations by Ellen Forney. The novel is controversial for some of its content, as a result, some schools have banned the book from school libraries.The book won several awards --
- 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
- 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction and Poetry.
- 2009 Odyssey Award as the year's "best audiobook for children or young adults".
- 2010 California Young Reader Medal, Young Adult Book.