The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

This book was very satisfying and I could definitely see how students would be able to enjoy this book. I felt that it was a very easy read and very engaging. Many students have the confusion of knowing what their identity is, that's half the battle of middle school so to have the main character be Junior on the rez and Arnold in Reardan gives students a physical showing of feeling like two different people. I thought the cartoon drawings were an amazing thing for kids to see. Junior saw cartoon drawing as an outlet for his problems, a way for him to understand life and I thought that this is an excellent thing to show students who may have trouble understanding what they are thinking and feeling. It may inspire some students to find their creative side and start sorting out life. On the contrary, I do feel that some of the book seemed a little skewed or maybe I am just uneducated. I really have never met someone who had water on their brain as a baby, therefor I have no idea how it truly affects people, however from what Junior said in the beginning of the book, it seemed unrealistic that he would be that crazy intelligent. I guess we all have our miracle stories in our lives and this is just his. Overall I would be very willing to give this book to a student who is a reluctant reader because I feel that its quick pace would engage them to start reading other novels as well.