In an attempt to escape an unhappy family life in Minnesota, fifteen-year-old Randy, who idolizes the Sioux Indians, accompanies his unstable older brother as he plots to get to the Caribbean by blowing up a nuclear reactor in New York.
I read this when I was about 14 or 15 and just loved it. I haven't read it as an adult so I don't know how I'd feel about it now, but I can tell you it was definitely a good read. I've always loved books centered around life experience, and this is definitely one of those books.
I think I need to give it a go as an adult and see what I think now.