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Indians and non-Indians alike." Junior encapsulates this type of experience when he receives strong censure both from his tribal community and from his peers and teachers at his new school, Reardan. In the personal story, Alexie's continued explanation of his own experience is reflected in Junior's. Alexie recalls, "I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay quiet when the non-Indian teacher asked for answers….e were Indian children who were expected to be stupid. …e were expected to fail in the non-Indian world." Through Junior's success at Reardan and his realizations about life on the reservation, Alexie represents a possibility for the success of Native American children—by defeating the expectation that he is doomed to fail, Junior defeated what he thought he couldn't. Alexie's reflections again demonstrate that Junior's experiences are semi-autobiographical.
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caused, as it was banned and challenged in schools all over the country. Weyland states that Alexie's book with Forney's black-comedy illustrations explore themes of "racial tension, domestic violence, and social injustice" in a never-before-done way. As an example, Alexie uses the anecdote of the killing of Junior's dog, Oscar, to expand on the idea of social mobility, or lack thereof – Junior states that he understood why the dog had to be killed rather than taken to the vet, because his parents were poor and they "came from poor people who came from poor people who came from poor people, all the way back to the very first poor people." Weyland notes how readers are likely to be uncomfortable with Junior/Arnold/Alexie making light of topics of such importance (racism, poverty, alcoholism) through the use of dark comedy.
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with who he is and where he's from." In some areas, Samuels criticizes Alexie's stylistic reliance on the cartoons. However, she continues to say that for the most part, Sherman Alexie has a talent for capturing the details and overview in a well-developed and snappy way. Samuels finishes her review by stating that: "Opening this book is like meeting a friend you'd never make in your actual life and being given a piece of his world, inner and outer. It's humane, authentic and, most of all, it speaks."
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more common adolescent struggles like sexual desires, controlling hormones, and managing relationships with friends and family. Furthermore, Talbert believes that, unlike other Young Adult novels, this book captures issues of race and class in a way that reaches a wider audience. The article also states that Junior's narration in the novel sends a message to society, "that adolescents have important things to say, that being fourteen years old matters."
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1084:"I have yet to receive a letter from a child somehow debilitated by the domestic violence, drug abuse, racism, poverty, sexuality, and murder contained in my book. To the contrary, kids as young as ten have sent me autobiographical letters written in crayon, complete with drawings inspired by my book, that are just as dark, terrifying, and redemptive as anything I’ve ever read."
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triumphant until he sees the look of defeat on the
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losing at basketball as "losing at life." The
Reardan kids are eternal winners because of their victories on the court: "Those kids were magnificent." Goldstein notes how basketball is also a sport of poverty in America — "it costs virtually nothing to play, and so is appropriate for the reservation."
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Roger suggests that Junior should try out for the basketball team. To Junior's surprise, he makes the varsity team, which pits him against his former school, Wellpinit, and Rowdy, who is Wellpinit's star freshman. When Junior enters the court for his first match, his former schoolmates boo and insult
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in his curriculum, and with the help of his students, reported to the school's board on the inclusion of the book in a high school curriculum. Parents of students in the class were notified ahead of time that the teacher was interested in the book; as a result, parents were able to opt their student
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David Goldstein, in his paper "Sacred Hoop Dreams: Basketball in the Work of Sherman Alexie," analyses the importance of basketball in the novel. He suggests that it represents "the tensions between traditional lifeways and contemporary social realities." According to Goldstein, Junior/Arnold sees
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Junior's white geometry teacher at Wellpinit High School. He mentored Mary, Junior's older sister, and wants to help Junior leave the reservation. Mr. P regrets the way he treated his students when he was younger. He had been taught to beat the Indian out of the children. He is short and bald, and
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Junior's sister. Mary has long hair and is nicknamed "Mary Runs Away." She likes to write romance stories and is considered by Junior to be "beautiful and strong and funny." She was smart, but did not have the skills to get a job. After high school, she did not go to college or get a job; instead,
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hitting and killing her. Ironically, she never had a drink in her life. She was also extremely tolerant and loving of all people. Junior's grandma is his favorite person in the world. "My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love, and tolerance," Junior recalls on page 157.
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and chronicles Junior's life from the start of the school year to the beginning of summer. It includes both Junior's written record of his life and his cartoon drawings, some of them comically commenting on his situations, and others more seriously depicting important people in his life.
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parents attended a 117th District School Board meeting to request that the book be removed from the curriculum. However, the novel was not banned from Antioch High School's curriculum following the controversy. Instead, the English Department introduced an alternative option for summer
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was the most-challenged book in the United States from 2010 to 2019 and was named one of the top ten most challenged books in 2010 (2), 2011 (5), 2012 (2), 2013 (3), 2014 (1), 2017 (2), 2018 (9), 2020 (5), and 2022. The book has been challenged for the following reasons:
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for children or young adults," read by Alexie (Frederick, MD:
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1779:"Book Review: The Absolutle True diary of a Part time Indian"
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American Indian Culture: From Counting Coup to Wampum
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1701:"Sherman Alexie's new novel takes teen off the rez"
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2106:Rave, Jodi (September 27, 2008).
1755:Santos, Delia (October 1, 2010).
1602:Conversations with Sherman Alexie
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2945:The Toughest Indian in the World
2742:Alexie, Sherman (June 9, 2011).
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2076:Berglund, Jeff and Jan Roush.
1444:Alexie, Sherman (2009-04-01).
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959:West Valley School District
916:Dade County, Georgia (2012)
895:Richland, Washington (2011)
843:Crook County, Oregon (2009)
663:Best Books for Young Adults
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2185:). Retrieved 2012-04-15.
1964:Goldstein, David (2009).
1858:– via The Guardian.
1727:"Civil Rights Book Club:
1421:McNamee, Gregory (2011).
1299:– via Google Books.
1251:The Absolutely True Diary
998:Sweet Home, Oregon (2014)
945:Yakima, Washington (2013)
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2748:The Wall Street Journal
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2165:. Accessed 05 Dec 2017.
1921:10.21061/alan.v36i2.a.9
1874:Talbert, Kevin (2012).
1707:. San Francisco: SFGate
1705:San Francisco Chronicle
1469:Margolis, Rick (2007).
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561:Critical interpretation
373:Indian Chief Roadmaster
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2724:. 22 December 2020.
2477:. Schoolwebpages.com
2114:. Tucows Domains Inc
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1066:Defense of the novel
678:as the year's "best
567:Fairfield University
1581:"StarTribune Books"
774:Offensive language/
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31:First edition cover
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2112:Rapid City Journal
1678:The New York Times
1559:The New York Times
1507:Horn Book Magazine
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849:Prineville, Oregon
785:Deemed anti-family
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2367:Publishers Weekly
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2028:978-0-316-01368-0
1737:. October 1, 2010
1583:. Startribune.com
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1944:ALAN Review
1909:ALAN Review
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1114:The author
737:Controversy
436:Roger is a
210:, poverty,
200:controversy
47:Illustrator
3002:Categories
2977:War Dances
2703:2016-11-30
2678:2016-11-30
2653:2016-11-30
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2082:/z-wcorg/.
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1783:Vail Daily
1741:2015-04-15
1655:2016-11-07
1610:1604732806
1587:2013-09-23
1407:2021-03-06
1379:2021-06-14
1296:2015-04-15
1229:References
955:challenged
837:Down River
749:Censorship
513:Vail Daily
314:Characters
278:Background
250:Born with
244:epistolary
181:cartoonist
2985:Blasphemy
2598:0261-3077
2261:"Winners"
2208:March 30,
1976:: 77–88.
1929:212246570
1565:August 1,
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1120:audiobook
1110:Audiobook
880:Tangerine
833:John Hart
776:Profanity
763:sexuality
680:audiobook
464:Reception
216:sexuality
175:novel by
147:154698238
83:Publisher
2822:Booklist
2753:July 12,
2726:Archived
2697:WWAY TV3
2672:WWAY TV3
2647:WWAY TV3
2393:LA Times
2084:Web, 36.
1950:: 71–78.
1925:ProQuest
1788:March 9,
1762:March 9,
1711:March 9,
1684:March 9,
817:Violence
794:Gambling
790:bullying
725:(YALSA).
419:Penelope
286:Author,
212:bullying
65:Language
2722:YouTube
2203:Article
1485:5 March
1481:(8): 29
1348:5 March
1344:(5): 16
828:Antioch
540:author
524:website
469:Reviews
424:bulimic
399:Melinda
220:bulimia
208:alcohol
68:English
2988:(2012)
2980:(2009)
2972:(2007)
2964:(2007)
2961:Flight
2956:(2003)
2948:(2000)
2940:(1996)
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797:Racism
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627:Awards
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450:Archie
367:Eugene
349:money.
106:Canada
37:Author
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1338:Print
1257:Other
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1105:Media
1047:Diary
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951:Diary
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874:Diary
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