<P> The Absolutely True Diary is a first - person narrative from the perspective of Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr. , also known as `` Junior '' , a 14 - year - old budding cartoonist . The book is a bildungsroman , detailing Junior 's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation , and his decision , upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher , to go to an all - white public high school in the off - reservation town of Reardan , Washington . The novel has 65 comic illustrations by Forney , which sometimes act as punchlines while also revealing Junior 's character and furthering the plot . </P>
<P> The Absolutely True Diary is a first - person narrative from the perspective of Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr. , also known as `` Junior '' , a 14 - year - old budding cartoonist . The book is a bildungsroman , detailing Junior 's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation , and his decision , upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher , to go to an all - white public high school in the off - reservation town of Reardan , Washington . The novel has 65 comic illustrations by Forney , which sometimes act as punchlines while also revealing Junior 's character and furthering the plot . </P>
where does the book the absolutely true diary of a part time indian take place
where does the book the absolutely true diary of a part time indian take place
Spokane Indian Reservation
Spokane Indian Reservation