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The fictional memoirs of Forrest "Little Tree" Carter begin in the late 1920s, when his parents die, and he is given to the care of his part-Cherokee grandfather and his Cherokee grandmother at the age of five. The book was going to be called Me and Grandpa, according to the book's introduction. The story centers on the child's relationship ...
Impressed by the plot of Kashi Yatre, the author's grandmother Krishtakka would listen to the story as her granddaughter (the author) read the episodes to her. She was so touched as she related with the main character. She could repeat the entire text by heart. She never went to school and so, she couldn't read it by herself.
Author, Sherman Alexie, at the Texas Book Festival in 2008 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is semi-autobiographical. [7] The novel started as a section of Sherman Alexie's family memoir, but after the persistence of a young adult editor, he decided to use it as a basis for his first young adult novel. [8]
Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! is the second novel in James Patterson's best selling Middle School series, preceded by Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, both co-authored by Chris Tebbetts. It was published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company on May 7, 2012. The book is about Rafe Khatchadorian, who is starting seventh ...
The book's portrayal of Native Americans has been criticized in more recent years. Debbie Reese , founder of the website American Indians in Children's Literature, shared her daughter's pained reaction to reading it in school in "Reflections on Caddie Woodlawn: Teaching about Stereotypes using Literature."
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey is a 1996 young adult novel written by Margaret Peterson Haddix.It tells the story of high school student Tish Bonner through journal entries assigned throughout the year by her English teacher, Mrs. Dunphrey, and follows her as her life slowly begins to spin out of control through familial and social troubles.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a realistic fiction novel by James Patterson that serves as the beginning of Patterson's Middle School series. [1] Published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company on June 27, 2011, the book follows sixth grader Rafe Khatchadorian as he begins middle school and copes with the awkwardness of adolescence, "crushes, bullying, family issues ...
Indian Killer (1996) is a murder mystery set among Native American adults in contemporary Seattle, where the characters struggle with urban life, mental health, and the knowledge that there is a serial killer on the loose. Characters deal with the racism in the university system, as well as in the community at large, where Indians are subjected ...