If I Ever Get Out of Here
If I Ever Get Out of Here
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If I Ever Get Out of Here

Written by Eric Gansworth
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12 - 15
Reading age
368
Page count
271
Words per page
870L
Lexile measure
Jul 30, 2013
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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 people being nice to him – people 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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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780545417303
    Publication Date
    July 30, 2013
    Publisher
    Arthur A. Levine Books
    Page Count
    368
    Words Per Page
    271
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    12 - 15 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2012030553
    Lexile® Level
    870L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~U
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.6
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    16
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    159824
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG+

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