Alexie, S., & Forney, E. (2007). The
absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown. When
the opportunity comes for Junior to step off the reservation, he is both
excited but filled with guilt. As a Spokane Indian, he is faced with abandoning
his heritage and faces ridicule for it from his peers on the reservation. With
support from his parents, Junior decides to attend another school that is 22
miles away from home. With daily challenges of getting to and from school,
being accepted by his peers at his new school, his peers on the reservation,
and most important being rejected by his best friend, Junior emotionally journeys
through high school knowing he did the right thing in making a bad situation
better for himself.
This books is intended for ages 12
year-old and up. While going back and forth between the reservation and his new
high school, Junior deals with alcoholism, death of a loved on, tragic
accidents, acceptance of his peers and locals, and poverty, while also trying
to figure himself out like any other teenage boy, especially when it comes to
the opposite sex. Junior handles a lot in this realistic fiction.
The absolutely true
diary of a part-time Indian would be a good novel for adolescent boys to read
as they begin to discover who they really are and learning to do and doing what
makes them happy.
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