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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... [ More...]
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In this darkly comic collection of 22 interlocked tales, Alexia brilliantly weaves memory, fantasy, and stark realism to paint a complex, grimly ironic portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation.
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A gifted and accomplished storyteller returns with a powerful and timely novel of a troubled foster teenager. Simultaneously wrenching and deeply humorous, wholly contemporary yet steeped in American history, "Flight" is irrepressible, fearless, and... [ More...]
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In his first book for young adults, 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... [ More...]
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Even as they often make readers laugh, Alexie's stories are driven by a haunting lyricism and naked candor that cut to the heart of the human experience. The result is a short-story collection that has been hailed as Alexie's "best in years" ("Austin... [ More...]
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In this bestselling winner of the American Book Award, the life of Spokane Indian Thomas Builds-the-Fire irrevocably changes when blues legend Robert Johnson miraculously appears on his reservation and passes the misfit storyteller his enchanted guitar.
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A "New York Times" Notable Book and a national bestseller, "Indian Killer" is arguably Alexies most controversial book to date—a riveting, gritty, racially charged literary thriller that, over a decade after its first publication, remains an... [ More...]
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- War Dances was a national best seller - First serial of "War Dances" ran in The New Yorker - Alexie's books have sold over one million copies worldwide - Alexie is the recipient of the National Book Award, the Stranger Genius Award in... [ More...]
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This acclaimed collection of stories presents the kind of native American rarely seen in literature—one portrayed without stereotypes—who pays his bills, holds down jobs, and falls in and out of love.
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