The Absolutely True Story Of A Part Time Indian
Book Report
This book is about a young Native American boy that lives on a small indian reservation. Born with many mental issues he tends to have alot of seizures. Everyone calls him Junior, but his real name is Arniold Spirit. Everyone bullies Arnold exept for his best friend Rowdy. One day he gets into trouble and he realizes that he needs to leave the reservation. When he leaves the reservation everyone he knows hates him.
The book overall was very good I enjoyed it a lot and I highly encourage anyone to read it. Arnold is very intelligent, and likes to draw. He often describes things with cartoons instead of words, because he finds it easier to use pictures instead of writing. The begining of the book was just a little back story of his life and how he had issues with too much fluid in his brain, and him having seizures. He explains how people on the reservation are very poor, and how most of the people are alcoholics, and many of them have died because of that. After one day when he threw a book at his teacher and got suspended, he realized that he needed to leave the reservation. He decided to go to Reardan, a small all white school. He tells his dad and mom and they agree with it. Once he goes to tell rowdy, things don't go so well. Rowdy gets angry, so he punches Arnold in the face and runs away. When Arnold arrives at Reardan he seems to be early so he waits until the kids start to arrive and enter the school. He gets many mixed looks as he walks through the halls to his classrooms. Eventually he meets this kid named Gordy. Gordy doesn't like Arnold at first but then they begin to be friends. Then he meets Penelope, who he thinks is very pretty. He gets together with Penelope and seems to be getting a lot more attention. Then he meets a boy named Roger and he is giant, and captain of the basketball team. Arnold always liked basketball, and he thought he was pretty good at it too. So he decided that he would try out for basketball. He makes the basketball team and is very good at shooting. When they start to play games, they play Arnolds old school. His old school wins and he was sad. The team kept on practicing and they kept on getting better and better. They were so good that they only lost that one game at the begining of the season. Arnold is happy at school but not at home. Later in the year his grandma dies and he is very depressed. Then only a while later his sister dies. At the funeral, Arnold is very sad and he runs into the woods. In the woods he runs into Rowdy and they talk.
I enjoyed this book and I would consider it one of my favorites and highly reccomend this book to anyone. A mixture of sad, happy, funny, and hopeful story about a young Native American kid who lives on an indian reservation.
The book overall was very good I enjoyed it a lot and I highly encourage anyone to read it. Arnold is very intelligent, and likes to draw. He often describes things with cartoons instead of words, because he finds it easier to use pictures instead of writing. The begining of the book was just a little back story of his life and how he had issues with too much fluid in his brain, and him having seizures. He explains how people on the reservation are very poor, and how most of the people are alcoholics, and many of them have died because of that. After one day when he threw a book at his teacher and got suspended, he realized that he needed to leave the reservation. He decided to go to Reardan, a small all white school. He tells his dad and mom and they agree with it. Once he goes to tell rowdy, things don't go so well. Rowdy gets angry, so he punches Arnold in the face and runs away. When Arnold arrives at Reardan he seems to be early so he waits until the kids start to arrive and enter the school. He gets many mixed looks as he walks through the halls to his classrooms. Eventually he meets this kid named Gordy. Gordy doesn't like Arnold at first but then they begin to be friends. Then he meets Penelope, who he thinks is very pretty. He gets together with Penelope and seems to be getting a lot more attention. Then he meets a boy named Roger and he is giant, and captain of the basketball team. Arnold always liked basketball, and he thought he was pretty good at it too. So he decided that he would try out for basketball. He makes the basketball team and is very good at shooting. When they start to play games, they play Arnolds old school. His old school wins and he was sad. The team kept on practicing and they kept on getting better and better. They were so good that they only lost that one game at the begining of the season. Arnold is happy at school but not at home. Later in the year his grandma dies and he is very depressed. Then only a while later his sister dies. At the funeral, Arnold is very sad and he runs into the woods. In the woods he runs into Rowdy and they talk.
I enjoyed this book and I would consider it one of my favorites and highly reccomend this book to anyone. A mixture of sad, happy, funny, and hopeful story about a young Native American kid who lives on an indian reservation.
