1 year in an NA girl's life: sub-plot about her tribe warned they're going to be relocated (doesn't happen during the book), not even a coming of age story. For me reading this book was a bit like watching Waiting for Godot, I kept wondering when something was going to happen, and finding it hard to stay focused. It was like unedited reality TV. While the author's notes includes a dictionary of native words, there is nothing back there about her research, her sources, etc. For all I know the language might be real but every aspect of the culture made up. As such, while it might be good for a reading class, its not something I would assign in social studies.