Program Type:
Book ClubAge Group:
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Program Description
We have the freedom to read. Let's use it. The Freed Between the Lines Book Club meets quarterly and reads banned books. Discussions are held on Thursdays in the Conference Room at 6pm.
Books are available a month ahead of the discussion at the end of the holds shelf. In February we will discuss The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
About the Book:
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.
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