If I were to write a novel that had similar patterns of adolescence as The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian I would write it in first person. I think first person would really depict the actual occurrences, events that happen during adolescence. Writing it in diary form, I think would have more meaning to the aspects of adolescence being portrayed because it is straight from their experiences. I would use friendships, and relationships in my novel as portrayals of adolescence. I would use these because I think a huge part of adolescence is having friends, losing friends, love and sex. In my novel I would have 2 friends that are girls that have been best friends since they were little and guys start ruining their friendship. What I mean by this would be, guys start to get inbetween them either because one friend doesn't like or approve of the other girls boyfriend or they like the same guy. I think that these two instances happen all too often in adolescence. In my novel the girls would start having sex and experimenting because this is all new to them. I would also have one of them get pregnant to show that this also can happen and I would portray how being a teen mom would be. I wouldn't necessarily write it this way because it is a bad thing but it is definately realistic. The boy that got the girl pregnant would stick around every so often to help, but their relationship would be over. I would make it that way because it is very rare for teenagers to stay together if they have a child at a young age. I would write about these topics because friendships and relationships are major issues in adolescence and reading it in a first person diary form would hopefully be a teaching moment rather than just reading it for pleasure.