The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

I dismiss YA unfairly. Who am I to think that something isn't "deep" enough or "grown up" enough when I'm truly just a kid. A 34 year old kid (who incidentally has a kid but that's another story). Anyway, this book rocked. It was merely perfect. An interesting narrator, an intriguing backdrop, more interesting side characters, seriousness with levity woven throughout. it was all great and had some cool quotes. "Gay people could do anything. They were like Swiss Army knives!!" "When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing" and a lot more, so many that it's one of the rare few I think I'll reread.