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Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Took me a few years to finish this one, though I don't know why. I must have picked it up at the wrong time. Today I decided to finish it and flew through it. Saving this one for the boys to read in high school. Not one I could ever, ever have in the library. Although the book is several years old, it was the most banned book in 2014. The various reasons for bans are, according to the LA Times: anti-family, cultural insensitivity, drugs/ ...more
Took me a few years to finish this one, though I don't know why. I must have picked it up at the wrong time. Today I decided to finish it and flew through it. Saving this one for the boys to read in high school. Not one I could ever, ever have in the library. Although the book is several years old, it was the most banned book in 2014. The various reasons for bans are, according to the LA Times: anti-family, cultural insensitivity, drugs/ ...more
This was an entertaining read. I wanted to teach it because I think the students would love it!!
Feb 21, 2016
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One of the best Y.A. I have ever read. Broke my heart in the best ways.
Alexie has written a funny yet very serious book detailing Junior's escape from the rez to a better life in an all white prep school. The drawings by Ellen Forney are priceless and necessary. Junior's Indian family and friend are so real grappling with poverty, alcoholism and degradation that you ache but Junior always sees hope and the positive and it is this outlook that provides a truly awesome multicultural read for all students and adults.
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Have been meaning to read this for a long time and so glad I finally did. I listened to the audiobook which was read by the author and really enjoyed it.
