"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

Junior faces many struggles in his life. Some of those hardships are as follows:

• He was born with too much cerebral spinal fluid in his brain causing him to have to undergo a life threatening surgery. 
• He has ten more teeth then the average human, this made it difficult for him to close his mouth and eat properly. 
•   He has bad eyesight resulting in headaches and having to wear glasses.
• He was funny looking. (very skinny, large hands and feet, a large skull, et cetera)
• He had a stutter and a lisp. 
• He was prone to seizures.
• People call him retarded and beat him up. 
• He is poor.
• His dad kills his dog.