I love how Alexie manages to mix humor with tragedy. I found myself laughing at the most inappropriate times! That’s his gift. Also, I enjoy getting a better sense of Native Americans in a modern context. Thankfully titles like these are becoming more available. I really like the

posted Jul 6, 2008 at 1:02PM

This is one of my favorite books.

posted Jun 6, 2009 at 9:45AM

It’s tough being a handicapped bookworm who gets beat up at school every day and goes home to a poverty-stricken family on the Spokane Indian Reservation. But fourteen-year-old Junior makes it work with a sarcastic sense of humor and a penchant for drawing some very witty cartoons. Having a bear of a best friend like Rowdy who’s willing to come to your defense doesn’t hurt, either. But Junior is smart, talented, and he wants more. So he enrolls at the town school twenty miles away, where the only other Indian is the team mascot. Dodging and defying stereotypes at every turn, Junior finds himself with friends and enemies on both sides of the reservation border. Author Sherman Alexie—who, like his dorky hero, is a Spokane Indian born and raised on a reservation—pulls no punches when confronting issues of race and class. But Junior is a wishful, hopeful kid determined to find and hold his place in as many tribes and communities as it takes. Junior’s cartoons add visual flair and dark humor to a coming-of-age story that is certain to provoke thought and laughter in equal measure.

posted Jun 26, 2009 at 3:49PM

This book is super funny and has a lot of heart, but it is not a comedy. Sherman Alexie has such an amazing life story that he has put into many of his works such as this book and the short story ’Superman and Me’. He is a pretty awesome dude.

posted Aug 24, 2009 at 9:44PM

funny, swears a bit - teen boys lives

posted Nov 4, 2009 at 1:03AM

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