Received this as a gift. The author grew up in Minnesota and parts of the stories ring true to my childhood in northern Minnesota - especially the first stories in the book. Those stories were fine, but some of the stories just weren’t that interesting to me. Also, I’m taking a star off and am majorly side eyeing the multiple stories about a Choctaw halloween costume. (I get that the stories took place a while ago, but the book was written in 2009.) It was a really quick read. Overall, it was fine three-star book - it just wasn’t for me.