Arnold, or better known as Junior, is a minority amongst minorities. Living on a Native American reservation,"the rez", Junior is often the target for bullying thanks to his family being broker than broke and being born with "water on the brain". In order to change his fate and have the chance for a brighter future Junior decides to leave the school on the rez and attend the white dominate public school. The next school year proves to be one of the most challenging and personally tragic ones of his life but if Junior can make it that first year, there may be hope for him after all.
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian is extremely humorous and even includes funny sketches drawn by Junior himself. Students from ages 12 and up would easily get lost in its pages and it may even help them through some of the trials of their emotional development stage of adolescence. Many students will be struggling with similar emotions and reactions as they move from one school to the next or perhaps find themselves the object of teasing or tragedy.
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