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This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be.

These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team—even though he can‘t help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident.

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Byron Graves‘ debut novel is a winner! HS sophomore Tre loves basketball and plays his heart out in honor of his brother Jaxon who died last year. It‘s hard for his mom and dad to “see” Tre when they are still grieving their older son. Tre is a strong protagonist - he is partly based on the Ojibwa author‘s life in Minnesota.

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Tre is a sophomore, and his family is dealing with the recent death of his older brother. This story is about his family dealing with that grief, but it‘s also about friendship, crushes, the pressure of high school sports, and figuring out how those things work together. It‘s also about a Native American team proving themselves, and includes some action packed basketball games. 🏀

Due to language and alcohol use, I would consider this mature YA.

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Reading Part-Time Indian for my “Banned Book Club,” but in the end I didn‘t have the energy to go to the meeting this afternoon. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Great book, though I understand why some parents would be bothered by it.

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I dread sports books. I read them so I have new books to recommend to young patrons but I dread them. This book is all basketball, all the time. It is also all heart. Great friendships, a family who is actively surviving the eldest son‘s death, and a community that just needs one win. This was fantastic. I gave a basketball novel five stars!!!😳

Another reread but I think this is a really amazing book. It has so much social commentary on society and growing up and racism and such. Now that I‘m thinking about it I wish I brought it for my roomie to read bc she would appreciate it, maybe I‘ll get my mom to mail it to me. Anyways, I would totally teach this as a future middle school teacher (I think)

Book Interrupted‘s final book of our banned book season. See what we all had to say on the podcast here: https://www.bookinterrupted.com/episodes-podcast/episode/4e39e25d/the-absolutely...

This is the last book of Book Interrupted‘s banned book season and it was a good one. It‘s classified as a graphic novel but I‘d say it‘s a novel with drawings. Which I think really added to the story. This is a juvenile book so the narrative is very young, but I think it made all the difficult topics more accessible. Also the author didn‘t follow the formula of “bad guy or good guy” all characters were both. It was more “absolutely”true to life.