3.5 stars 
 Very important book, with a lot of hard hitting themes like grief, alcoholism, racism, and growing up different. I loved learning about life in a reservation. I found Junior's voice endearing at times, and others it was a bit confusing. I know he's 14, but he reads younger throughout most of the book (around 11-12), so it threw me off sometimes when he cussed or talked about sex. Still I enjoyed the story as a whole and found it refreshing to read a story from the point of view of an Indian living in one of the many reservations around the US.