NMLP P-044372 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie (illustrated by Ellen Forney) · Little, Brown and Company / Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (New York and Boston) · 2007
US: Little, Brown and Company, published 12 September 2007 — the true first, uncontested. The book won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature in November 2007, two months after publication. No UK or original-language precedence question arises; the book was written in English and the American edition preceded all others.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044372 for "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie (illustrated by Ellen Forney) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044372, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).