Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The First Book of the Year!

Our first selection this year is Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

From Alexie's site:

In his first book for young adults, bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. This heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written tale, coupled with poignant drawings that reflect the character’s art, is based on the author’s own experiences and chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he seems destined to live.

The book is funny and sad and truly speaks to those of us who at one time or another felt we had to turn our backs on our heritages or families to live our own dreams.

If you like this book, you may also like an earlier Book Club selection My Name is Asher Lev by Chiam Potok.

Discussion meeting for Absolutely True. . .: Wednesday, September 8, after school, in the library.

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