![]() ![]() National Book Foundation award for Young People’s Literature.Rowdy is extremely supportive of Junior’s art, and Junior thinks this proves his and Rowdy’s friendship. Junior loves drawing cartoons, and many of his drawings are included in the book. Junior’s parents are alcoholics and his sister, Mary, spends all her time in the family basement. ![]() Even today, other Indians on the reservation or, as Junior calls it, the “rez,” bully him and call him names like “hydrohead.” Junior’s best friend, Rowdy, often promises to protect him, but Rowdy’s own violent tendencies sometimes prevent him from being all that helpful. Worst of all, as a small child, he had seizures. He had too many teeth and had to have some removed, and he is far-sighted in one eye and near-sighted in the other. The early condition, however, left Junior with a lisp and stutter. How doctors predicted he would die from complications of hydrocephalus-his being born with excess spinal fluid on the brain. (“Junior”) tells about his early life on the Spokane Indian reservation. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian Synopsis:Īrnold Spirit Jr. ![]()
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