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Determined to take his future into his own hands, junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an allwhite farm town high school where the only other indian is the school mascot. The first edition of the novel was published in april 17th 2007, and was written by sherman alexie. Free public domain free premium 50% off 50 specials. Open road media author sherman alexie is the winner of the 2010 penfaulkner award, the 2007 national book award for young peoples literature, the 2001.
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