My book is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-TimeIndian.14 year old Arnold Spirit lives on a Spokane Indian Reservation. He was
born with lots of mental problems. He has brain damage and is prone to
seizures. During the surgery he underwent after being born to remove the
cerebral spinal fluid in his skull because he had to much in his head he nearly
died. As Arnold got older his feet and hands grew bigger than what was
necessary for being in fifth grade. Arnold also had problems with his eyes. In
one eye he is nearsighted and in the
other farsighted he wears really think and black glasses because of this eyes. The reservation is very
poor sometimes Arnold and his family sometimes don’t eat dinner and it’s really
rough at the reservation to there are fights. Arnold was picked on when he was
little because of his head. Arnold is called Junior because people know his name is Arnold Spirit Junior.
Arnold’s best friend Rowdy is really rough he gets into fights with boys and
girls. They know each other since they were babies and are best friends ever
since. He knows Rowdy will fight for him and knows his friend has a damaged
brain. One night while going to the powwow Arnold gets into a fight with these
three twins brothers who are in their thirties. After they beat him and walk
away Rowdy makes sure Arnold is ok. Rowdy
takes revenge because of what they did to his friend. He sneaks into
their tent and shaves off their eyebrow and cuts off their braids. After a
while Arnold tells his parents he wants to transfer schools and go to Readen
High School. Readen is a rich white school. His parent let him go. He’s scared
about his first day. People on the rez learned this and are mad at him
especially his friend Rowdy who is
now his worst enemy .After while he likes Readen there is hope there and
that’s what is looking for is hope and not to give up on dreams like his mom,
dad, sister ,grandma. His sister lives in their basement and gave up her dream
for writing romance novels. Arnold becomes friends with a pretty blonde girl
Penelope. She is really nice and doesn’t give up. Evenly Arnold’s sister gets
married and moves to Montana.He also meets a guy named Gordy who is a genius
.He finds hope.
Book Review by Anna N.
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