by Sherman Alexi
14 year old Junior lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He has a lot of medical problems and is picked on and beat up all of the time. Junior decides one day that he wants to attend Reardan, the rich, white high school 22 miles from "the rez".
His alcoholic parents agree to let him attend, but can't guarantee that they'll always have money to buy gas for the car to drive him there.
Junior, of course, has a difficult time fitting in at Reardan. Things start to gradually change for the better,though, when Junior punches "Roger the Giant", one of the school jocks. Junior is used to fighting by the "unofficial and unwritten Spokane Indian rules of fisticuffs" which pretty much guarantees many fights in one's lifetime. Roger, however, doesn't play by the "rules" and walks away when Junior punches him.
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian will make you laugh and cry. It's a quick read that both boys and girls in grades 8 and up should enjoy. And unlike most novels for teens, it has illustrations.
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People should read this.
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