The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Alexie, S. (2007). The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown.
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.  Junior was born with water on the brain.  Everyone on the reservation made fun of him.  He left the reservation and went to an all white high school.  When Junior left, he became much more of an outcast with the reservation, and the all white school.  He was eventually accepted by the school.  This novel is a semi-autobiographical and realistic fiction.  The intended audience is 12-years old and up.