The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie In Sherman Alexie's best-selling novel, Junior grows up on the Spokane Indian Reservation as a budding cartoonist. As a result of Junior's determination to take his future into his own hands, the troubled school on his small reservation is replaced by a rural farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. In this heartbreakingly funny and beautifully written work based on the author's experiences and featuring illustrations by Ellen Forney that depict the character's artwork, one Native American boy tries to escape the daily grind while trying to overcome what he was given as a life. The collector's edition of this novel features a foreword by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and interior art in four-color.