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No worries, it is a confounding spelling, if I didn't work here I don't think I would ever get it.

Thanks so much again for taking our question, it was a pretty exciting experience for both the kids and myself.

Kieran

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Thank you so much for submitting our question to Mr. Alexie.

If you answer another one, Klahre is pronounced the same as Claire.

Kieran Connolly

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From the same language arts class.  What does it feel like to have your book banned from schools? Do you feel like it gave the book more power through it notoriety?  Were you surprised that it was banned?

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Mr. Alexie, I am a high school English Teacher in Hood River, OR and one of my classes is reading The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian in our class right now, we had a few questions about the book we would love to hear from you.

We feel that you do a really wonderful job of portraying life on the reservation and wanted to thank you for bringing a very honest, yet still humorous approach to it.

 

How similar was your upbringing to that of Junior?  

Was he very closely based on your own experiences or is he, and Rowdy for that matter, more of a composite of different people you knew growing up?

What made you want to make a Junior a cartoonist?

What inspired you to write The Absolutely True Diary of Part-Time Indian?

 

We are listening to you live in class right now!

Thanks, Klahre House 1st period Language Arts Class

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