Buddha Boy

For a Teacher Education class, I recently read the short fiction book Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja.
This book was not at all what I expected. It is very short and small, despite it's lable as YA(young adult) fiction.I'm not sure what I did expect, but it wasn't the suprising philosophy that I found in this book.
The premise of the story is that a boy, Justin, who is content to live within the status quo, learns about acceptance and not to judge a book by its cover when he befriends the new kid, Jinsen, a scoial leper.This tiny book reinforces its own message, because I found suprisingly though-provoking content in a book that I expected to be boring.
My only complaint was that I felt the book ended somewhat abruptly. However, seeing as it was only 117 pages long, I would definetely recommend this book. For only several hours of reading, this book is unquestionably worth your time.
Want more info? Here is the Authors blog. . . http://www.kathekoja.com/blog/ya-novels/