I thought that The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was right for me. This book is a perfect mixture of Funny and Emotional. I think that it was amazingly written. The main character Junior narrates the book. The book is all about his life living on an Indian Reservation, his life seems really hard. He goes to a school where all the teachers hate him, and all the kids pick on him because he was born with a variety of medical problems. He only has one friend who is really tough; he beats up all the kids that pick on Junior. Eventually Junior gets tired of being picked on so he decides to leave the reservation and go to school somewhere else.
On the first day of the new school EVERYONE picks on him since he is the only Indian there. Eventually he makes some friends and falls in love with a girl. Junior had a really hard time that year, his grandma, sister and dad’s friend all died. The only family he has left are his mom and dad. All the people on the reservation are mad at him for leaving to go to school outside of the reservation including his best friend. One day his new school plays his old school in basket ball. His best friend threw the ball at him and he had to get stitches on his face. I know from this summary this book doesn’t seem funny at all. I don’t really know how to describe the funny parts, so you will just have to read it for your self!
-Claire