At this point in the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, I am on page 207. This book is about an Indian named Junior who lives on the rez and decides that he wants to go to an all white school called Reardan. Junior experiences many things since he is transitioning from a poor school that only Indians attend to a white school called Reardan where it is unheard of for an Indian to attend an all white school. Junior has some trouble the first few days. The other students at Reardan are not very accepting to the fact that an Indian living on the rez has just suddenly showed up at their all white school. People make fun of Junior and he is not liked the first few weeks of the new school.
At Juniors new school, he meets a white girl who he thinks is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. He is in love with her, but doesn't know what to do about it because he is a poor Indian and she is a rich white girl. Junior starts to hangout with the white girl, Penelope, and he becomes more "popular" because of this. Junior joins the Reardan basketball team and is liked by the coach and most of the players. I like this book so far and it has many important lessons that readers can learn from.
I really liked this book also. I finished it within a two week period which might explain how much I liked it.
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