The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie takes you to the Spokane Indian reservation where Junior lives. Junior, born with a variety of medical problems, gets picked on and beat up by everyone but his best friend. His family is poor but his parents want the best for Junior and his sister. Junior is cast as a traitor when he leaves the rez to attend an all-white school in a neighboring town (where the only other Indian is the school mascot). He only has to walk the 22 miles to school occassionally and is pretty good at covering up his lack of lunch money but one wonders how he can continue to be an outcast on the reservation and at school. Humorous and witty, the story outlines the contemporary adolescence of one boy who is trying to rise above the poverty that surrounds him.


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NetLibrary's October eBook

NetLibrary's October eBook of the Month

Access PA, in partnership with NetLibrary and Salem Press is providing online access to the full text of Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000, edited by Robert F. Gorman.

The ideal reference tool for students and general readers at all academic levels, Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000 includes 1,083 individual essays covering topics ranging from personal computers to the rise of the Internet to groundbreaking advances in biotechnology. Events covered include the curriculum-oriented geopolitical events of the era, from the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973 to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Essays also address important social and cultural developments in daily life: major literary movements, significant developments in the arts and motion pictures, trends in world population and immigration, and landmark social legislation.

Designed to increase awareness of online resources and highlight the value of the Access PA eBook collection, the October eBook of the Month will be available to Access PA and POWER Library participants with free, unlimited access October 1-31. Access to this eBook is available while at your participating library, or from home through your participating local public library's web site. It is provided through the generous support of Salem Press, and with the support of Commonwealth Libraries and the Access PA/POWER Library program.

Originally posted via email: Access PA News - 10/03/08‏ By: Access Pennsylvania, HSLC