<Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 154698238 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PZ7. A382 Ab 2007 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is a 2007 novel for young adults written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney . The book won several awards, and was the first young adult fiction work by Alexie, a stand - up comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and songwriter who has previously written adult novels, short stories, poems, and screenplays . Alexie stated, "I did (write the book) because so many librarians, teachers, and teenagers kept asking me to write one ." </P> <P> The Absolutely True Diary is a first - person narrative from the perspective of Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14 - year - old budding cartoonist . The book is a bildungsroman, detailing Junior's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation, and his decision, upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher, to go to an all - white public high school in the off - reservation town of Reardan, Washington . The novel has 65 comic illustrations by Forney, which sometimes act as punchlines while also revealing Junior's character and furthering the plot . </P>

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