About this title: Based on the authors own experiences, this first young adult novel by bestselling author Alexie features poignant drawings by acclaimed artist Ellen Forney that reflect the characters art as it chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy attempting to break away from the life he was destined to live.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ANDERSEN PRESS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781842708446ISBN:1842708449
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. Tells the story of junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the spokane indian reservation to attend an all-white high school. black and white illustrations throughout (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780316013697ISBN:0316013692
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
ISBN-13:9780316013680ISBN:0316013684
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780316013697ISBN:0316013692
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 2007-09-12
ISBN-13:9780316013680ISBN:0316013684
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781842708446ISBN:1842708449
Description: New. Tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE BROWN & CO INC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780316013697ISBN:0316013692
Description: New. Alexie's National Book Award winner chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. Includes poignant drawings that reflect the character's art. read more
"I bought copies of this for all my nieces and nephews for xmas this year, on our native and non-native sides of the family. They all loved it. I bought it for a few adults too--they were already fans of Alexie from LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN and RESERVATION BLUES (both brilliant, groundbreaking books), so of course they loved it too."
"This book has sort of been on my radar, and yesterday I saw it on one of my student's desk. I excitedly asked him what he thought of it, and his face lit up. He told me he had just finished it and repeated, "It was a really good book" about three times, with the most genuine smile I've seen from this kid all year. When I told him it was on my list of books I wanted to read, he handed it to me and said, "take it." Huh? Then he showed me the sticker on the front cover that said, "FREE BOOK! Read and Release." He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm supposed to pass it on." As it turns out, there is a "Whatcom Reads" program, and this title is circulating throughout the county. The whole idea is that you read it and pass it, and I had the good fortune of being handed this beautiful book. (The fact that one of my students "passed" it makes it that much cooler.) I sat down on my couch tonight and laughed and cried and wished there was someone here (besides the cats) to share it with. I thought it was amazing."
"Winner of the 2009 Odyssey Award for best audiobook as well as the 2007 National Book Award. This is the story of a Spokane Indian boy who refuses to allow his deficits - both physical and cultural - to determine his future. Arnold Spirit copes with life on the Rez by drawing cartoons, an important feature of the print book but absent, of course, in the audiobook. The cartoons add lightness to some of Arnold's observations about life. He notes, for example, that his white friends at school can count the number of funerals they've attended on one hand, while he needs every possible body part, including his penis, to count up the 42 funerals he's attended in his 14 years. Instead of cartoons, the author's earnest, honest, lilting voice makes the comic text sound bemused and bittersweet, and the diary becomes a conversation between Arnold and the listener. In either print or audio, this is a 5 star book, full of wisdom, unique figurative language ("Gay people are like Swiss army knives" - you will probably need to read the book to figure that one out), and a positive attitude that overcomes all obstacles."
"This book is about a boy named junior living in a Indian reservation. He is going through a lot. like his dad is a alcoholic his family is poor. he goes to a school by the reservation and he has a good friend rowdy. junior and him have been best friends for a while. then one thing ruined there friend ship because junior decided to go to a all white school rear Dan and then rowdy gets really mad at him and he punched junior in the face. then they when he went to rear dan and it was weird because everyone looked at him like what she doing here. this girl asked him what his name was and he answered junior then a lot of people made fun of him. but then the teacher said his real name Arnold and then the girl said that he was a lier but he was no because he had a real name and a middle name and junior sounded cooler. no one knew he was poor until he went to the dance and he wore his dads suit from like 1999 but everyone liked it until they took junior to where he was gonna be dropped off and people asked is he poor and he was tiered of lying and he said yes no one really card that he was poor so he was cool for the rest of the time. junior is good at basketball so he tried out for the team and he made it and when he went to his game he played he was playing until a quater hit him in his head and he was bleeding like crazy. Then the people brought him in the looker room and they said he was going to be okay so he said that he wanted to get stitched up to play. but that was not possible. he played all the games and won a lot of them then he went to a game and he had to guard his x best friend but in his head he was still rowdy's friend so rowdy went up to dunk and junior took the ball from him then junior faked a dunk then when rowdy jumped junior got up and dunked on him but then rowdy felt sad because he was usually the good one so then junior felt sad. on page 200 i noticed the quote the unhappy part about 90 percent of my family deaths are from alcohol. i can connect this to the world because there a lot of alcoholic people out in the world that die from drinking to much. its hard for junior because a lot of people died in his family and he is getting a bad influence from people. i know that junior is going through a lot because if your family member dies its really sad and the fact that they died from drinking is even sadder. i give this book 5 stars because it was a really good book. it was a funny book and a interesting book and it was not boring like i wanted to finish the book all in one night. i think any kid that wants to read a funny book or some one who is into humor and i think that any kid would want to read this book because it keeps you alive."
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