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This is the book I was looking for earlier in the year when I bought Flight instead. Purchased at Grand Rapids downtown Schuler's when I was going out of my mind with boredom after spending all day at the Children's Museum with Jefferson. Luckily, I remembered seeing this store when we parked so I left Jefferson with Andrew and made a quick dash for some intellectual salvation. Unfortunately, while it was a Schuler's it was primarily a downtown bookstore -- the selection sucked. Heavy on book cl
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A teacher at work recommended this to me, stating it was her favorite. It was okay. It's a good coming of age, liking to fit in, boy overcomes impossible odds, story.
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This was fantastic. I read it in about a day, could barely put it down, you will laugh and you will cry.
Engaging, but probably not something that I would re-read.
Thanks for all the CRYING, Alexie. God. Whatever. Love his grown-up books, love this. Love his (and, OK, the general native culture's) ability to laugh at tragedy. Junior is a great narrator, smart and brave and funny and sad. Oh and I loved Ellen Forney's illustrations.
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