This is a funny, touching, fabulous book that I enjoyed listening to immensely. The audio version is read by the author, Sherman Alexie, who is also a stand-up comic as well as a poet. I laughed and smiled and felt for the main character, Arnold Spirit, also called Junior. Junior is a very smart kid trapped on the Indian reservation until a teacher encourages him to leave - and he does so. He attends the school 20 miles away in an upper-middle class white community. To see a more thorough description, click on the link below to Bruce Barcott's NYT's review. Alexie proves with this young adult fictionalized memoir that he is an outstanding author for this age group.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/books/review/Barcott3-t.html
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