The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a semi-autobiographical young adult novel that follows a Native American teenager who leaves his reservation school for an all-white high school, exploring themes of identity, poverty, and cultural conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Context triple: [Sherman Alexie, notableWork, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian]
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A.
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is a whimsical adventure-drama film about a gifted young cartographer who secretly travels across the United States to receive a prestigious scientific award.
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B.
The Student's Tale
"The Student's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presented as a story told by the character known as the Student.
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C.
The Rockpile
The Rockpile is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of family tension, religion, and racial injustice in mid-20th-century Harlem.
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D.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
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E.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Target entity description: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a semi-autobiographical young adult novel that follows a Native American teenager who leaves his reservation school for an all-white high school, exploring themes of identity, poverty, and cultural conflict.
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A.
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is a whimsical adventure-drama film about a gifted young cartographer who secretly travels across the United States to receive a prestigious scientific award.
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B.
The Student's Tale
"The Student's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presented as a story told by the character known as the Student.
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C.
The Rockpile
The Rockpile is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of family tension, religion, and racial injustice in mid-20th-century Harlem.
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D.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
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E.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is a semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks that portrays an African American boy’s coming-of-age in 1920s Kansas amid racism and moral conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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semi-autobiographical work ⓘ |
| author | Sherman Alexie ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Award for Young People’s Literature ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sherman Alexie’s own experiences ⓘ |
| centralConflict | leaving reservation school for an all-white high school ⓘ |
| contains | cartoon-style illustrations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresIssue |
educational inequality
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life on Native American reservations ⓘ systemic discrimination ⓘ |
| featuresIllustrationsBy | Ellen Forney ⓘ |
| followsCharacterDecision | to attend Reardan High School off the reservation ⓘ |
| frequentlyChallengedStatus | one of the most frequently challenged books in U.S. schools and libraries in the 2010s ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasBeenChallengedFor |
depictions of alcohol use
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language ⓘ sexual content ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Arnold’s grandmother
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Arnold’s parents ⓘ Gordy ⓘ Penelope ⓘ Rowdy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
humorous
ⓘ
realist ⓘ |
| mainCharacterEthnicity | Spokane Indian ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 230 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Arnold Spirit Jr. ⓘ |
| protagonistAlsoKnownAs | Junior ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| setting |
Reardan High School
ⓘ
Spokane Indian Reservation ⓘ
linked to:
Spokane Indian Reservation (partly)
|
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
alcoholism
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cultural conflict ⓘ education ⓘ family ⓘ friendship ⓘ identity ⓘ poverty ⓘ racism ⓘ |
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Subject: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Description of subject: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a semi-autobiographical young adult novel that follows a Native American teenager who leaves his reservation school for an all-white high school, exploring themes of identity, poverty, and cultural conflict.
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