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"I am zero on the rez. And if you subtract zero from zero, you still have zero." (p.16)

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"I am zero on the rez. And if you subtract zero from zero, you still have zero." (p.16)

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CT

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"Poverty  = empty refrigerator + empty stomach" (p.8)

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"Poverty  = empty refrigerator + empty stomach" (p.8)

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CT

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"During one week when I was little, Dad got stopped three times for DWI: Driving While Indian." (p. 46)

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"During one week when I was little, Dad got stopped three times for DWI: Driving While Indian." (p. 46)

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CT

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"I suppose [my dad] is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed." (p.40)

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"I suppose [my dad] is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed." (p.40)

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CT

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"I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family. Can your best friend be more important than your family?" (p. 24)

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"I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family. Can your best friend be more important than your family?" (p. 24)

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CT

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"'You can do it.' ...Do you understand about amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together." (p. 189)

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"'You can do it.' ...Do you understand about amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together." (p. 189)

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CT

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"And we let it happen. We let them pick on you." (p. 41)

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"And we let it happen. We let them pick on you." (p. 41)

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CT

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"Plenty of Indians have died because they were drunk. And plenty of drunken Indians have killed other drunken Indians." (p. 158)

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"Plenty of Indians have died because they were drunk. And plenty of drunken Indians have killed other drunken Indians." (p. 158)

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CT

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"But we reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams. We don't get those chances. Or choices. We're just poor. That's all we are." (p. 13)

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"But we reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams. We don't get those chances. Or choices. We're just poor. That's all we are." (p. 13)

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CT

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"I am not even writing down this story the way I actually talk, because I'd have to fill with stutters and lisps, and then you'd be wondering why you're reading a story written by a retard." (p.39)

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"I am not even writing down this story the way I actually talk, because I'd have to fill with stutters and lisps, and then you'd be wondering why you're reading a story written by a retard." (p.39)

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ZJ

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"I want to leave as soon as I can. I think I was born with a suitcase"(p.111).

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"I want to leave as soon as I can. I think I was born with a suitcase"(p.111).

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KV

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"I wanted to tell him that I thought I was being courageous, and that I was trying to fix my broken friendship with Rowdy, and that I missed him, and if that was gay, then okay, I was the gayest dude in the world"(pg.103).

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"I wanted to tell him that I thought I was being courageous, and that I was trying to fix my broken friendship with Rowdy, and that I missed him, and if that was gay, then okay, I was the gayest dude in the world"(pg.103).

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KV

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¨So i draw because i want to talk to the world. And i want the world to pay attention to me¨ (6)

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¨So i draw because i want to talk to the world. And i want the world to pay attention to me¨ (6)

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JP

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"I looked and talked and dreamed and walked differently than everybody else"(pg.110).

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"I looked and talked and dreamed and walked differently than everybody else"(pg.110).

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KV

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"Nobody in my family had ever gone near a collage." JB 

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"Nobody in my family had ever gone near a collage." JB 

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"Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo" (p. 64)

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"Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo" (p. 64)

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LR

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"And if you were fourteen years old like me and you're still stuttering and lypsing , then you become the biggest retard in the world" (p.4)

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"And if you were fourteen years old like me and you're still stuttering and lypsing , then you become the biggest retard in the world" (p.4)

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ZJ

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"And sure sometimes my family misses a meal, and sleep is the only thing we have for dinner" (p.9)

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"And sure sometimes my family misses a meal, and sleep is the only thing we have for dinner" (p.9)

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ZJ

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"My parents come from poor people who came from poor people, all the way back to the very first poor people" (p.11)

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"My parents come from poor people who came from poor people, all the way back to the very first poor people" (p.11)

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ZJ

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"I was a poor kid raising money for other poor people. It made me feel almost honorable"(pg.79).

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"I was a poor kid raising money for other poor people. It made me feel almost honorable"(pg.79).

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KV

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"A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that"(pg.14).

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"A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that"(pg.14).

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KV

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¨I couldn´t let them get away with that shit. I wasn´t just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo. So I punched Roger in the face.¨ (p.65) 

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¨I couldn´t let them get away with that shit. I wasn´t just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo. So I punched Roger in the face.¨ (p.65) 

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MP

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"'Junior, sweetheart,' Mom said. 'I'm sorry, but we don't have any money for Oscar"(pg.10).

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"'Junior, sweetheart,' Mom said. 'I'm sorry, but we don't have any money for Oscar"(pg.10).

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KV

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"He was an extremely weird dude [Gordy]. But he was the smartest person i'd ever known.
He would always be the smartest person i'd ever known. And he certainly helped me through school. He not only tutored me and challenged me, but he made me realize that hard work - that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task - is joyous.
(Pg. 98)
J Batson

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"And then you start to believe you are stupid and ugly because you are indian" (p.9)

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"And then you start to believe you are stupid and ugly because you are indian" (p.9)

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ZJ

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"Hey look" one of them said "Its hydro head" (p.20)

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"Hey look" one of them said "Its hydro head" (p.20)

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ZJ

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¨His father is drinking hard and throwing hard punches, so Rowdy and his mother are always walking around with bruised and bloody faces.¨ (p.16)

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¨His father is drinking hard and throwing hard punches, so Rowdy and his mother are always walking around with bruised and bloody faces.¨ (p.16)

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MP

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¨Everywhere. I want to walk on the Great Wall of China. I want to walk to the top of pyramids  in Egypt. I want to swim in every ocean. I want to climb Mount Everest. I want to go on an African safari. I want to ride a dogsled in Antarctica. I want all of it. Every single piece of everything¨. (pg 111)  

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¨Everywhere. I want to walk on the Great Wall of China. I want to walk to the top of pyramids  in Egypt. I want to swim in every ocean. I want to climb Mount Everest. I want to go on an African safari. I want to ride a dogsled in Antarctica. I want all of it. Every single piece of everything¨. (pg 111)  

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JD

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"'I'm sick of Indian guys who treat white women like bowling trophies.'"(pg.115).

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"'I'm sick of Indian guys who treat white women like bowling trophies.'"(pg.115).

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KV

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"my mother and father are the twin suns which orbit around and my whole world would explode without them" (p.11) 

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"my mother and father are the twin suns which orbit around and my whole world would explode without them" (p.11) 

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ZJ

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"My mother and father weren't home, so I turned to my grandmother for advice"(pg.68).

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"My mother and father weren't home, so I turned to my grandmother for advice"(pg.68).

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KV

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"My house is a sale place, so Rowdy spends most of his time with us. It's like he is family" (p.17)

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"My house is a sale place, so Rowdy spends most of his time with us. It's like he is family" (p.17)

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ZJ

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"I didn't understand how wearing a Halloween costume could become a political statement, I admired her [Penelope] commitment"(pg.78).

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"I didn't understand how wearing a Halloween costume could become a political statement, I admired her [Penelope] commitment"(pg.78).

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KV

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¨Man Gordy was smart . I wished I could take him to the rez and let him educate Rowdy. Of Course Rowdy would probably punch him in the face  Gordy until he was brain dead. Or maybe Rowdy, Gordy and I can become a superhero trio, fighting for truth justice, and the Native American way.¨ (pg.131 

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¨Man Gordy was smart . I wished I could take him to the rez and let him educate Rowdy. Of Course Rowdy would probably punch him in the face  Gordy until he was brain dead. Or maybe Rowdy, Gordy and I can become a superhero trio, fighting for truth justice, and the Native American way.¨ (pg.131 

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JD

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"Hey, here's some lunch money,"  he said and handed me a dollar.
We were poor enough to get free lunch, but I didn't want to be the only Indian and a sad sack who needed charity.
(Pg. 55)
J Batson

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"Line is my best human friend and he cares about me, so he would always tell me the truth" (p.16)

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"Line is my best human friend and he cares about me, so he would always tell me the truth" (p.16)

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ZJ

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"They didn't beat me up too bad. ... Mostly they just wanted to remind me that I was a traitor"(pg.79).

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"They didn't beat me up too bad. ... Mostly they just wanted to remind me that I was a traitor"(pg.79).

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KV

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"Rowdy has protected me since we were born" (p.17)

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"Rowdy has protected me since we were born" (p.17)

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ZJ

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"If shew aint the prettiest and strongest and funniest person"(p.25)

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"If shew aint the prettiest and strongest and funniest person"(p.25)

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ZJ

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ZJ

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ZJ

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"His father is drinking hard and throwing hard punches, so Rowdy and his mother are walking around with huge bruises."(p.16)

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"His father is drinking hard and throwing hard punches, so Rowdy and his mother are walking around with huge bruises."(p.16)

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ZJ

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"I decided to run again but one of them grabbed me and shoved me toward another brother" (p.21)

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"I decided to run again but one of them grabbed me and shoved me toward another brother" (p.21)

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ZJ

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"He only talks about his dreams with me and i only talk about my dreams with him" (p.23)

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"He only talks about his dreams with me and i only talk about my dreams with him" (p.23)

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ZJ

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"I wish I were magical, but I am really just a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation."  SH

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"Last year, Rowdy and I were the best players on the eighth-grade team" (pg.28) SH

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"Last year, Rowdy and I were the best players on the eighth-grade team" (pg.28) SH

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 "She is the prettiest and strongest and funniest person who ever spent twenty- three hours a day alone in a basement." (pg.28) SH 

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 "She is the prettiest and strongest and funniest person who ever spent twenty- three hours a day alone in a basement." (pg.28) SH 