Calvert Library's Book Bites for Teens

If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth

Episode 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.

Episode Notes

Please enjoy our presentation of If I Ever Get Out of Here, written by Eric Gansworth and published by Penguin Random House. 

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.

This title is recommended for ages 12+. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/GetOutOfHereReviews 

If I Ever Get Out of Here is available as a  Libby Audiobook: https://bit.ly/GetOutOfHereLibbyAudio

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Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0

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