If I ever get out of here : a novel with paintings

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Label

If I ever get out of here : a novel with paintings

Title remainder

a novel with paintings

Statement of responsibility

by Eric Gansworth

Creator

• trueGansworth, Eric L.
• Gansworth, Eric L

Subject

• Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
• New York (State) -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction
• trueNew York (State) -- History -- 20th century
• New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• truePoverty
• trueRace relations
• Race relations -- Fiction
• trueSeventh-grade boys
• trueTuscarora Indians
• Tuscarora Indians -- Fiction
• Tuscarora Indians -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.)
• Tuscarora Nation Reservation (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Young adult fiction
• true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
• trueBullying and bullies
• trueChildren of military personnel
• Families of military personnel -- Fiction
• Families of military personnel -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueIdentity (Psychology)
• Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
• Identity -- Fiction
• trueIndians of North America -- New York (State)
• Indians of North America -- New York (State) -- Fiction
• trueNative American boys

Genre

• Young adult fiction
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

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

Theme

• trueFacing racism
• trueDealing with bullies

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven
• trueOwn voices

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• Notable Books for a Global Society, 2014.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2014.

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

• [Fic]
• 813.54

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

870

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.G1532

LC item number

If 2013

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

870

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

Target audience

adolescent