Diario assolutamente sincero di un indiano part-time
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Arnold Spirit Jr, della tribù degli Spokane, è nato con l'acqua nel cervello, un eccesso di fluido cerebrospinale che gli ha lasciato tutta una serie di problemi fisici: mal di testa, convulsioni, un occhio miope e uno ipermetrope che non vanno per niente d'accordo, un corpo sproporzionato e quarantadue denti, dieci più del normale. Come se non bastasse, ha due fastidiosi difetti di pronuncia, che insieme all'amore per lo studio lo rendono diverso dagli altri ragazzi, facile bersaglio dei bulli della riserva. La sua vita potrebbe sembrare assurda e ridicola, ma Arnold decide di raccontarla lo stesso, con sentimento e ironia, parole e disegni. Perché nonostante l'ostilità e l'indifferenza di chi lo circonda, lui non è un perdente, ma un guerriero, che abbandona la scuola della riserva per studiare in mezzo ai bianchi, nella vicina Reardan, sfidando i pregiudizi di tutti. E combatte senza cedere mai, a scuola e sul campo da basket, sostenuto dall'amore incrollabile della sua famiglia. Per non appartenere più a una sola tribù ma al mondo intero. Prefazione di Markus Zusak.
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- Pagine: 299
- Data di uscita: 26-02-2015
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