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 rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

 

Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.

 

With a foreword by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

14歲的阿諾（綽號「二世」）天生悲慘，不但外型滑稽，視力不良，又有口吃。而且他家裡很窮，父母都是社會的失敗者，姊姊整天躲在家裡的地下室不出來。前途，似乎已經天生注定了。

 

他喜愛的只有閱讀，還有畫畫。有天在學校，他一時氣憤下，拿課了本砸向老師。但老師下課後卻告訴他，除非他勇敢走出目前的環境，否則他一輩子注定待在這裡，過著不開心的日子。

 

阿諾於是做了這輩子最重要的決定：離開村落，轉到富裕小鎮上的白人中學就讀。在那裡，他成了異類，全校只有兩個印第安人：一個是他，另一個是校內吉祥物塑像。他的長相畸形，服飾怪異，名字奇怪，處處顯得格格不入。

 

每天若沒搭到便車就得走路35公里上學的阿諾，該怎麼融入這個全是白人小孩的學校呢？他交得到朋友嗎？當回去面對部落的族人與好友時，被嘲笑為「蘋果」（外紅內白）的阿諾，該如何自處呢？一直躲在地下室的姊姊，突然離家，遠走千里外，阿嬤與叔叔又接連遭逢意外，阿諾，又該怎麼辦呢？
 

——中文簡介摘自木馬文化出版《一個印第安少年的超真實日記》