First published 2009
Junior sits in his geometry class on the Spokane Indian Reservation, sketching cartoons in the margins of his textbook. When he decides to transfer to the all-white high school in the nearby farming town of Reardan, he faces a choice that will change everything. His best friend Rowdy feels betrayed. His new classmates see him as an outsider. His family struggles with poverty while he navigates a world of privilege. Junior must bridge two communities that seem impossible to reconcile. Through basketball games, school dances, and family tragedies, he discovers what it costs to chase a dream beyond the boundaries of home. This is a story about finding your place when you belong to two worlds but fit completely in neither.
Genres: fiction, family-life, american-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Spokane Indian Reservation, Reardan
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
230 pages · Paperback · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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