I enjoyed the last section of the reading because there were a few surprises that caught me off guard. His grandmother and sister's death was very depressing, although the scene with Billionaire Ted was funny. The book almost has an anti-drinking message due to all the bad things that happen resulting from alcohol. The basketball game gave me goose bumps. I remember battling rivals in high school, and Alexie was able to capture all the excitement associated with sports. Overall this is a great book I enjoyed reading. I would have this be a choice students could select and read, but I would not assign the whole class the book. There are some parts that are unnecessarily crude (but realistic), and the violence could cause problems with sensitive readers. Good reading selection!
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2007.
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