This week's pick is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie (YA ALEXIE).Junior's life has never been easy - born with brain damage, he's always been the target for teasing due to his strange looks, stutter, and lisp. But Junior isn't stupid - he's actually very smart, and knows after the first day of high school that it's time to get off the rez - the Spokane Indian reservation he's lived on his whole life. When he decides to go to the all-white school in a nearby town the entire reservation (except for his family but including his best friend) turns on him, and the kids at his new school don't really like him either. Still, things are working out better than Junior expected and he starts to hope that he will make it in the outside world, until tragedy strikes - not once but several times. Will Junior be able to work through his pain and continue to keep hoping?
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