My initial thoughts as I begin to read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie:
1. Great - a book about a child with a disability who gets picked on. (I have a child with a disability). This book is either going to make me sad or angry. Or both.
2. I love the child's perspective on his physical disability. As a former nurse, I have always been amused by how the patient perceives medical information.
3. Yep, still not sure I really want to read this. Wait - a classmate mentioned finding an image of this book on a banned book list. Hmmm... maybe I really do want to read it?!?
4. I know I am a protective parent because I cannot for the life of me figure out why these parents would willingly send their child, with his issues, to an all-white school. Are they nuts?
5. Just finished the article on critical literacy. Time to check out more about this author and why he may have written this book.
Very insightful comments about the novel. Great photo of Sherman Alexie. You have a lot to bring to the conversation, Lisa. I hope you blog buddy comes to your blog to comment! You are ahead of us in that you already posted next week's question. Your blog buddy might have a hard time answering that until we get into the thematic braiding activity. You seem very comfortable with the digital tools we are using):
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