![]() We cringe at the gaffs of (sometimes) well-meaning white people who come to the reservation or who interact with Junior at school. We clearly feel his warring love and frustration. Part of what makes this story so powerful is the fact that we see not only Junior’s internal struggles as he wrestles with his identity and value, but that we see the culture and people of the reservation through his eyes as well. Through cartoon drawings and frank narrative, Junior wrestles with his own sense of value and the value of his people. ![]() At first, Junior’s new schoolmates shun him for being different, and at home, his friends shun him for being a traitor and leaving the reservation. ![]() Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads About The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianĪfter a school incident provokes a teacher to challenge fifteen year-old Junior, he leaves the school on the Spokane Indian Reservation for an all-white school in a nearby town with better resources. ![]() The Absolutely True Part-Time Diary of an Indian ![]()
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