The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
★ Top 25 book of 2007 · #15 on Best Books of 2007
Junior is a budding cartoonist who decides to leave his struggling school on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He enrolls at an all-white farm town school, where the only other Indian is the mascot.
Best for: Young readers drawn to stories about a cartoonist caught between two worlds
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is about
Arnold Spirit Jr., called Junior, is a fourteen-year-old cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation near Wellpinit, Washington. He was born with hydrocephalus, and his small frame, seizures, poor eyesight, stutter and lisp make him a regular target for bullies. His family is so poor that his father cannot afford a vet when the family dog is suffering. His one friend, Rowdy, has a fierce reputation but often stands up for him.
Junior makes a bold choice and transfers to Reardan, a school in a much wealthier neighborhood. There he makes new friends, develops a crush, and finds his place on the varsity basketball team, which sets him against the home he left behind. Told in Junior's candid, funny voice and scattered with 65 of his comic drawings, the novel looks at identity, poverty and what it costs to belong to two worlds.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian on the Best Books of 2007
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian came out in 2007. Of the 53 books first published in 2007 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #15 on our Best Books of 2007 list.
Why it made the list: 473 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (34 ratings); 29 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2007 list
- Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher, #13
- Eclipse Stephenie Meyer, #14
- Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, #16
- Schooled Gordon Korman, #17
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 396 want to read it, 29 are reading it now and 48 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.7 out of 5 from 34 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 77 | 55% |
| Reader love | 15 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 79 | 20% |
Questions about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
When was The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian published?
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie was first published in 2007.
Was The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian one of the best books of 2007?
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar. 473 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (34 ratings); 29 are reading it right now.
Why is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian on the Best Books of 2007 list?
473 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (34 ratings); 29 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2007
- Dog Days Jeff Kinney, #1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling, #2
- The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan, #3
- A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, #4
- Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, #5
- The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, #6
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How we know
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