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If I ever get out of here

Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.

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Main Author: Gansworth, Eric L.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Tuscarora Indians > Young adult fiction.
Families of military personnel > Young adult fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Young adult fiction.
Friendship > New York (State) > Young adult fiction.
Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.) > Young adult fiction.
New York (State) > Ethnic relations > Young adult fiction.
New York (State) > History > 20th century > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.
Physical Description:359 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780545417303 (hard cover : alk. paper)
0545417309 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780545417310 (paper back)
0545417317 (paper back)
Author Notes:Eric Gansworth is Lowery Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and was recently NEH Distinguished Visiting Professor at Colgate University. An enrolled Onondaga, he was born and raised at the Tuscarora Indian Nation, just outside Niagara Falls, New York. His debut novel for young readers, If I Ever Get Out of Here , was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick and an American Indian Library Association Young Adult Honor selection, and he is the author of numerous acclaimed books for adults. Eric is also a visual artist, generally incorporating paintings as integral elements into his written work. His work has been widely shown and anthologized and has appeared in Iroquois Art: Power and History , The Kenyon Review , and Shenandoah , among other places, and he was recently selected for inclusion in Lit City , a Just Buffalo Literary Center public arts project celebrating Buffalo's literary legacy. Please visit his website at ericgansworth.com.

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