Jacket Title/Author Annotation Grade Level*

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

 Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Native American is the school mascot. Cartoons are interspersed throughout the book as illustrations of Junior's style and spirit. 9-10

Son of the Mob

by Gordon Korman

 When teenage Vince Luca, son of a mob boss, falls in love with the daughter of the FBI agent assigned to take down the Lucas family, his “Soprano” life becomes unusually complicated. 10-12
*Grade level suggestions are based on professional review sources.  Some books contain mature themes.  Please discuss reading selections as a family.

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