The true story of a part time indian5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() On this episode of The Talk of Iowa Book Club, three expert readers join host Charity Nebbe to discuss the book as well as their own experiences. as he tries to chart a new course for his future - leaving the underfunded school on his reservation for the so-called white school in a nearby town. In THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, teenage Junior throws a book at the teacher in his reservation school one day and gets suspended. One of the most frequently challenged or banned books in schools across the country is Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a young adult novel that Alexie says is based on his life growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in northeastern Washington state. We asked our readers to vote on a frequently banned or challenged book that they'd like to read with the book club - and it was a tie! Check out our conversation about The Hate U Give here. ![]()
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