Smakebit: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Söndag och dags för veckans smakbit. Den här veckan blir det från Sherman Alexies The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, som handlar om Junior som ska börja high school, men efter händelsen nedan söker han sig till en skola utanför reservatet, där han (och skolans maskot) är den enda indianen.

THIS BOOK BELONGS TO AGNES ADAMS

Okay, now you're probably asking yourself "Who is Agnes Adams?"
     Well, let me tell you. Agnes Adams is my mother. MY MOTHER! And Adams is her maiden name.
     So that means my mother was born an Adams and she was still an Adams when she wrote her name in that book. And she was thirty when she gave birth to me. Yep, so that means I was staring at a geometry book that was at least thirty years older than I was.
     I couldn't believe it.
     How horrible is that?
     My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.

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