So my sister has been following the Democratic Presidential Candidates race very closely and has been calling me periodically with updates. She is in California, and their primary has already happened as part of the what the hype machine has dubbed "Super Tuesday". She voted Clinton, which is...
This weekend I finally read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, after hearing great things about it for almost a year. I now understand one big reason why this is a YA book and not a kid's book: cussing. There's a decent amount of swearing in this book. There are many...
What are five books that changed your life? Inspired by Ms. Genevieve. This is a great question, and one that carries a lot of pressure when trying to answer. I approached it in terms of books which have really either swayed my thinking about something in significant ways, or books which have become...
Flight – Sherman Alexie At the outset of Sherman Alexie’s Flight, his protagonist Zit, is about to commit a horrendous act of violence in local bank. Before he is able to carry out his plan, he is suddenly transported through time and space into the bodies of a variety personalities. At...
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian--Sherman Alexie Budding Cartoonist, Junior, lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation and attends the Reservation school. Upon receiving his math textbook for the year, Junior realizes that the book has his mother's maiden name in it and that it is the...
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney. 2007. [http://www.amazon.com/Absolutely-True-Diary-Part-Time-Indian/dp/0316013684/] 229 pgs. Fiction: Realistic, * * * * 01/08/2008 Audience: grades 8-11 Summary: Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled...
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