In "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian", What did you learn? (about yourself/Native Americans/high school/etc)

Themes: alienation and loneliness due to the overall experiences of being rejected in an all-white high school

Despite his efforts to stay true to his Native American heritage, his Indian friends insult him for "becoming white" whilst his white friends understand and respects his experiences having a different ethnic background.

Friendship is also one of the most important themes, his old best friend, Rowdy, turns on him and becomes an antagonistic character.

Death is also an important theme after Junior's grandmother passed away, making him strive to connect more to his Indian roots.

Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolut. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.