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Book Club Discussion Post: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

September 1, 2016 by faintingviolet 18 Comments

We have reached the day – it’s time to discuss The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. There have been many positive, and introspective reviews of the book both since our announcement of its choice for this book club, and over the years of Cannonball Read’s existence.  So, let’s dig in and talk about the why’s and how’s with this book, and some larger thematic conversations as well. Let’s start with a few ground rules: Since we’re anticipating lots of conversation, […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Young Adult Tagged With: Addiction, banned books, book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Reads Young Adult, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, culture, poverty, Sherman Alexie, YA

faintingviolet's CBR9 Review No:0 · Genres: Book Club, Young Adult · Tags: Addiction, banned books, book club, book club discussion, Cannonball Reads Young Adult, CannonBookChat, CannonBookClub, CannonBookDiscussion, culture, poverty, Sherman Alexie, YA ·
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