Summary → Chapter 19-29

Chapter 19: My Sister sends me a letter

Chapter 20: Reindeer Games

Mary sends a letter to Junior describing her new life in Montana. She describes her new home

Chapter 23: Wake

Junior is trying out for the basketball team

Chapter 24: Valentine heart

Chapter 22: Red Versus White

Chapter 25: In Like a Lion

Chapter 21: And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Chapter 26: Rowdy and I Have a Long and Serious Conversation about Basketball.

First game against Wellpinit High. Someone throws a quarter at him, and he gets a cut on his forehead. Eugene stiches him up.

During the game, Rowdy hits him in the head. He has a concussion and has to go to the hospital

Talk with the coach. He gives Junior motivational stories and stays with him during the night at the hospital

They are spending a bad christmas

Junior's dad comes home and tells him he got him something

Junior talks about what people love most about his grandma

Junior announces that his grandma is dead: she was hit by a drunk driver.

Junior assists at his grandmother's funeral. There are thousands of people there since his grandmother was famous.

The funeral of Junior grandmother is interruption by Ted the millionaire who want to give something to the grandmother.

Junior explains the irony about how her grandmother never drank a drop of alcohol in her life. She was probably one of the only indian to do that. Yet, she was still killed by a drunk.

Chapter 27: Because Russian Guys Are Not Always Geniuses

Junior's mother told Ted that her mother never actually danced.

The family is grieving Eugene and Grandmother

very depressive time in his life

He explains how her lasts words before she passed were to forgive her murderer.

Chapter 28: Remembering

Chapter 29: Talking about Turtles

his friends at reardan stand up for him when a teacher attacks him for missing school so much

starts making happy lists as a way to cope

Junior emails Rowdy to apologize about the previous basketball game.

Junior's learns that his sister died in a fire.

Rowdy and Junior have a Basketball game against one and the other.

Rowdy responds that they will beat them next time.

Junior assists his sister's funerals and decides to run off into the wood. He runs into Rowdy who is assisting the funeral from a distance.

Junior has a Tv interview about his feelings regarding the game.

Junior blocks Rowdys dunk in the B game.

Junior fells guilt for beating the reservation team when he realize all the reservation team have is Basketball.

Junior shows a drawing of his report card

He got good grades in most of his subjects (2 Bs and 5As)

Junior talks about the memories he has with Rowdy. He talks about when the decided to climb the tallest tree on the reservation.

Junior's dad explained to him the Horse legend regarding the Turtle lake.

He has to go against Roger (on a one-on-one)

He made the team

During the summer/after school: reconciliation with Rowdy over a game of basketball after he visits. Rowdy finally accepts that he leaves the reservation: "You're a nomad"

They are all laughing/crying at the situation

His dad went away to drink at a bar and spend his money

He gives him 5$