Teen Review: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Review by Isha, age 14
Poverty, hydrocephalus, alcoholic dad, and life between the Indian reservation and the all-white new school. A combination which only gets worse for 14-year-old Arnold Spirit, “Junior” after being abandoned by his best friend, earning the title of a traitor, and mourning for the deaths of three very close people in his life. Yet forlorn Junior finds an unexpected way to overcome the number of tragedies by expressing his powerful emotions and messages through original cartoons and one-of-a-kind quirky sense of humour.
The National Book Award winner young adults novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian is witty, dreadful, warm, distressing, and entertaining simultaneously.
What truly sets this book apart from the rest is the eloquence. Although being an easy read, it implies very deep, down-to-earth concepts using interesting metaphors, something I’ve definitely enjoyed. I believe it is a great novel for teens as well as adults. There’s always something to relate to.
More by author Sherman Alexie.
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I really enjoyed the book and how it was very real.