If I ever get out of here : a novel with paintings /
by Eric Gansworth.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2013.
- 359 p. ; 22 cm
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.
AIYLA Honor 2014 (American Indian Youth Literature Award)
Tuscarora Indians--Juvenile fiction. Families of military personnel--Juvenile fiction. Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction. Friendship--Juvenile fiction. Tuscarora Indians--Fiction. Indians of North America--New York (State)--Fiction. Families of military personnel--Fiction. Identity--Fiction. Friendship--Fiction. Race relations--Fiction.
Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction. New York (State)--Ethnic relations--Juvenile fiction. New York (State)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction. Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.)--Fiction. New York (State)--History--20th century--Fiction.