Diary characters

The book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" has had an affect on me similar to "Unwind," where I wake up during the night worrying about the characters.  I woke up last night wondering if any Winnebago tribe students had enough food to be able to think in school.  And if the teachers bring in apples, bananas and oranges as a friend of mine did when she taught at a poor inner city school in Washington DC.  I told my boyfriend we will have to get married, move in together, and adopt two Native American brothers.  We have been blessed and need to play it forward by giving two children a chance they would not have had if they stayed on the reservation.  He told me, "It is only a book!"  But to me it is not just a book it is insight to how an underprivileged high school student thinks.  I'm similar to "Ted," I just want to help by being a part of the solution not part of the cause.