Arnold Spirit's Favorite Books (from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)

Arnold Spirit, called Junior by his fellow Spokane Indians, is the smart, hilarious narrator of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a young-adult novel by Sherman Alexie. Tired of getting beat up at his school on the rez, the fourteen-year-old Junior transfers to a more academic—and lily-white—high school in a nearby town. That's what his diary is about, and much, much more. It's a message book with a heart of gold.

Alexie's Junior is a cartoonist, and the book incorporates his way-funny cartoons (drawn by Ellen Forney), emails, and lists. Here is Junior's list of favorite books, and in an impossibly nerdy move, I added the links to Powell's.

1. The Grapes of Wrath
2. Catcher in the Rye
3. Fat Kid Rules the World
4. Tangerine
5. Feed
6. Catalyst
7. Invisible Man
8. Fools Crow
9. Jar of Fools

Comments

[Kelly Fineman]

How much do I love you for creating all those links to Powells? So, so much. Nerdfighters!!

[Susan T.]

OH, YEAH.

The minute I saw that list in the book, my fingers were itching to link.