I have been dying to tell you about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The book has won nearly every award going in the United States and has just been released in Australia. It may be my favourite book of the year, and it’s August already…

The writer Sherman Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian and he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. When Sherman was about fourteen he moved from the reservation school to another, 20 miles away at a town called Reardan. This novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, is about that time in his life. It has more fist-fights, basketball, jokes and heartbreak than anything else you will ever read. There’s some really cool comics and drawings, too.

For more about this brilliant book, click here. Or listen to Sherman Alexie read from his book by clicking here.

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