Book Review of 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' by Sherman Alexie

'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' is a book about a young Indian boy from a small reservation who tries to overcome racism and to fit in with an all white school.

This book shows what it can actually be like for a poor Indian living in world full of racism and truth shines through in all parts of the book.

I really enjoyed this book and at parts may have brought a tear to my eye. No, it's not a sad book, but the determination that the character showed and the courage was amazing through everything that he was going through. He puts a real effort to fit in even if things work differently, you live and learn.

A nice touch to the book is the drawings in there. The boy likes to draw and so some of his drawings are put into the book and I really liked finding them although you have to go back and read them, they were a nice touch.

One of the main things that I found from this book, was how it reminded me how lucky I am with my life and that there are many people worse off than me who deserve better, and have done nothing wrong to get what they have.

Overall though this book was a really good read and I enjoyed it thoroughly with a heart-warming ending.

READ AGAIN?: 84%

ENJOYABILITY: 9/10

OVERALL RATING: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

AGE RANGE: 12+