Book Review

                By: Pedro

 

    The book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time was written by Sherman Alexie. The illustrations were illustrated by Ellen Forney.

    There are a lot of good things that happen in the book. The book is funny and exciting. It's one of those books that when you read a chapter you can't wait to read the next. This book is good because the language wasn't taken out. If they take the language out the book wouldn't be as good because it wouldn't be original. Also if they take the language out then the book wouldn't be as funny. Another good thing of reading the book is it is sad. It's sad because a lot of people who are really close to him die, he gets jumped, he has water in his brain, and he has to deal with racism. The book is a good exciting book.

    The thing that could be changed is some of the language. Not all of it though. Some words are really hateful. There are two words that should be taken out. They are the "FU" word and the "N" word even though it's only used once. Most of the other language is mild. This book has a lot of gross things in it. It's kind of horrific.

    This book should be read by schools around America. Some schools probably won't read it to the kids because the language. They are gonna learn them sometime. So they might as well read them now. This book should be in a family's book shelf because it is a really good book. People should read this book to their kids so they learn about the words that are being used in the book and to see how hurtful they are.

    This book is great and has to be read by a lot of people. It deals with a lot of racial things.