The book, The
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is about a boy named Junior that
suffers from a lot of injuries like brain damage. He also has trouble
breathing. He also ended up having forty-two teeth in his mouth and not thirty-
two teeth. Junior also had a huge head from his brain damage. Junior had a
friend named Rowdy. Rowdy never really liked Junior because Junior would never
like to do crazy dangerous stuff with Rowdy. Junior also got bullied at school.
The bullies would call him rude names like huge head and nerd because he was very
smart. Also, Juniors parents were very poor and could not afford to drive
Junior to school, so Junior had to walk 20 miles to school. Then one day Junior
had to move to a different school called Rearden. After Junior moved to
Rearden, he did not see Rowdy for months. Then Junior’s Grandmother died of old
age and Junior’s sister died because she was having a party and she got so
drunk that she fell asleep and never woke up the next morning. Junior joined
the basketball team at Rearden, and they went to the playoffs and won the
school championship game.
The part that I liked about the book was when Junior and
Rowdy were friends because Rowdy was Juniors only friend. I also liked how
Junior played basketball because I like basketball too. The part that I did not
like about the book was when Junior was getting bullied and people made fun of
him. I also did not like how he was a poor kid and had to walk to school almost
every day. Another sad thing that I did not like about the book was when
Juniors sister and grandmother die. I think I would recommend this book to
teenagers because I liked this book and I think teenagers like me would like it
too. I felt sad because sister and grandmother died. I also felt sad because he
got bullied and made fun of. I also felt surprised because I did not know that
he would walk to school because that is very dangerous to walk on a main road
with speeding cars. I also liked this book because there were a lot of problems
to solve. I really hope you liked this book as much as I did.
Reviewed by Christian W., 9th Grade
