Convince a young person to read Alexie's novel

to a 15 year old boy

Are you a fighter? Do you give up too easily? How do you like to be pick on? Or imagine never fitting in.
"The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian" by Sherman Alexie is a book for a teenage boys. It's actually banned book, because of the language the author used and because of the subjects he is talking about in there, unmentionable subjects. Even if you don't like to read, like many boys your age, that book has pretty funny cartoons all the way through, but it's not a children's book. It is easy to read. It's humorous and sad at the same time. You will be surprised.
That boy, Junior, had all kind of possible problems: physical, medical, social. He doesn't have any friends, except one, who also turned his back on him when Junior hoped he will understand him. He is really poor, majority of his people are alcoholics, including his parents, there is almost no hope for his people. Despite all of that he decided to change his life, he wanted to become someone, so he changed schools, because he knew that "(he) was smarter than 99 percent of the others, and not just smart for an Indian, okay? (He) was smart, period." He could do it! That book is talking about school problems, problems in a family, basketball or how to make a beautiful white girl fell in love with you. Junior didn't have a look of a fighter, but he sure was one!