This is the introduction of the absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian.

Junior is displayed as an outsider because he was born with water on the brain and he left his culture behind.When Junior throws his geometry book at his teacher, little does he know the sequence of events that are to follow? On Mr P’s advice he decides to leave the Spokane reservation and its problems with poverty, domestic violence and to find the school with the most hope; the rich, white school in Reardon. In between telling his best friend Rowdy and being punched hard in the face for his troubles Junior must avoid the disappointment of the community and somehow find a way to travel 22 miles every day. That’s even before he gets to the school and faces loneliness, racist phrases, insensitive teachers and the small issue of how to get back home again he used to rely on Eugene his dads best friends who tragically passed away. junior develop friendships with the most unlikely people such as Gordy, Penelope and Roger.