The downside he looses his only friend Rowdy, who sees the move as a betrayal.Īt his new school he befriends a bright student Gordy and develops a crush on Penelope, the most popular girl in school. The poor guy is picked on by practically everyone on the reservation – his only friend is Rowdy, who is abused at home.Īfter receiving encouragement from one of his teachers Junior decides to leave the reservation and attend Reardon High School, an all-white school where the only other Indian ironically is the school’s mascot. As a result Junior is small for his age, suffers from seizures, has poor eyesight, a lisp and a stutter. He was born with Hydrocephalus (a medical condition in which there is an build-up of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain). Junior is growing up on a Spokane Indian Reservation near Wellpinit, Washington.
The novel follows fourteen-year-old Native American Arnold Spirit Jr., known as Junior, over his first year in high school. As the title suggests The Diary of a Part-Time Indian is written in a first person episodic diary format.
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