Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007)

The new book, soberly titled "My True Diary," is not Mr. Messier's first foray into autobiography.

Mr. Messier does not reveal in "My True Diary" how he came to know what was said on the plane.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is a 2007 novel for young adults written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney.

The Absolutely True Diary is a first-person narrative by Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old budding cartoonist.

He's done it through various characters and genres, but The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian may be his best work yet.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is semi-autobiographical.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown Young Readers)

Author Sherman Alexie, born with the condition, wrote about in his semi-autobiographical junior fiction novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is Alexie s first foray into the young adult genre, and it took him only one book to master the form.