It's a gritty look at the struggles of Junior, a teen living on a Native American reservation who decides to attend an all-White school. Before that, the book was often banned for its mature content. Alexie was accused of sexual harassment in 2018, 11 years after this book was first published he doesn't deny the charges. Parents need to know that The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a National Book Award winner by Sherman Alexie. Main character suffers when his father goes away on a drinking binge - once through the Christmas holidays.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
Alcoholism, drunk drivers, and drunk fighting are meant to reflect difficult lives of people on the reservation.
Plenty of drinking and drunkenness, but none is glamorized or done by main teen characters.
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