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If I Ever Get Out of Here

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"A heart-healing, mocs-on-the-ground story of music, family and friendship." — Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize and Rain is Not My Indian Name.

Lewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking, the Fireball games, the snow blowing through his roof. What he's not used to is white kids being nice to him — kids like George Haddonfield, whose family recently moved to town with the Air Force. As the boys connect through their mutual passion for music, especially the Beatles, Lewis has to lie more and more to hide the reality of his family's poverty from George. He also has to deal with the vicious Evan Reininger, who makes Lewis the special target of his wrath. But when everyone else is on Evan's side, how can he be defeated? And if George finds out the truth about Lewis's home — will he still be his friend? Acclaimed adult author Eric Gansworth makes his YA debut with this wry and powerful novel about friendship, memory, and the joy of rock 'n' roll.

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Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
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Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 25, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780545631969
  • Release date: April 25, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780545631969
  • File size: 15772 KB
  • Release date: April 25, 2014

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.6
Lexile® Measure:870
Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
Text Difficulty:4-5

"A heart-healing, mocs-on-the-ground story of music, family and friendship." — Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize and Rain is Not My Indian Name.

Lewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking, the Fireball games, the snow blowing through his roof. What he's not used to is white kids being nice to him — kids like George Haddonfield, whose family recently moved to town with the Air Force. As the boys connect through their mutual passion for music, especially the Beatles, Lewis has to lie more and more to hide the reality of his family's poverty from George. He also has to deal with the vicious Evan Reininger, who makes Lewis the special target of his wrath. But when everyone else is on Evan's side, how can he be defeated? And if George finds out the truth about Lewis's home — will he still be his friend? Acclaimed adult author Eric Gansworth makes his YA debut with this wry and powerful novel about friendship, memory, and the joy of rock 'n' roll.

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