Junior is a member of the Spokane tribe living on a reseravtion in the norh-west of the USA. At his Native American school he is continually being beaten up by the other kids. When he realizes that the school cannot offer him any kind of future, he decides to go to a white school in the next town - where he stands out as the only Indian. Torn between both worlds, Junior has to find out where he belongs and who he is.
Sherman Alexie was born in 1966. He is a Spokane Indian and grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. In spite of having been born hydrocephalic, he soon showed all the signs of being particularly gifted. He left the reservation school and graduated from the Reardan High School in 1985. After first planning to become a doctor he realized at university that his real gift was for writing, and since then he has published several volumes of poetry and short stories as well as four novels, including the autobiographical The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which so far is his only novel for young adults. Alexie also writes screenplays and participates in reading and concerts. He now lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons.
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Berlin: Cornelsen, 2009.
