I DEVOURED this book. It's a fairly short and easy read, and feels like a mix between diary of a wimpy kid (for a slightly older audience) and more serious middle grade books like the Perks of being a wallflower. 

There's a really good balance between the awkward lighthearted shenanigans that inevitably come with being a teen and the frictions that arise from being poor, native American and (initially) kind of a loser. The main character knows really well how to put his frustrations into words while also not wanting to be stuck in the condition he finds himself in.