If I Ever Get Out of Here: A Novel with Paintings, (Paperback)

from Tahleen

Set in the mid- to late 1970s in upstate New York, Lewis tells his story about growing up on the Tuscarora Reservation, going to a mostly white school, and trying to balance out two worlds in a place where loyalties are expected on one side or another. Things change for Lewis when, in an attempt ...

from Adrian.Gaytan

Young Native American boy from the Northeast of the Tuscarora tries to balance life with his own culture, family, school and white society. Lewis is skinny smart kid that lives on a reservation and attends public school. He lives at home with his uncle and mother and copes with having to struggle...

from Sullywriter

A wonderfully written, insightful and relatable novel about friendship, music, being an outside, and living in poverty.

from Debbie_Reese

Outstanding! Gansworth has written several award winning books for the adult market. IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE is his first book for the youth market. You know the mirror/window metaphor commonly used about multicultural literature? That a book can provide a reader of color with a mirror while al...

from acargile

A realistic fiction novel, If I Ever Get Out of Here, tells about an Indian who doesn't see a way off the reservation until he meets a white friend who isn't prejudice. Set in the 1975-1976 school year, this novel shows how to very different boys can be friends despite society believing that's it...