Give Me Some Truth

NPR Best Books of the Year * Boston Globe Best Books of the Year * School Library Journal Best Books of the Year * Chicago Public Library Best Books of the YearA powerful new book from Eric Gansworth, author of If I Ever Get Out of Here, that speaks the truth on race, relationships, and rock from two unforgettable perspectives.

Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. A rock band -- and winning Battle of the Bands -- is his best shot. But things keep getting in the way. Small matters like the lack of an actual band, or his brother getting shot by the racist owner of a local restaurant.Maggi Bokoni has just moved back to the reservation with her family. She's dying to stop making the same traditional artwork her family sells to tourists (conceptual stuff is cooler), stop feeling out of place in her new (old) home, and stop being treated like a child. She might like to fall in love for the first time too.Carson and Maggi -- along with their friend Lewis -- will navigate loud protests, even louder music, and first love in this stirring novel about coming together in a world defined by difference.

Author: Eric Gansworth
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 05/29/2018
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781338143546

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 503077 / Give Me Some Truth


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2018
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 117
Publishers Weekly 03/19/2018
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2018 pg. 131
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2018 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Eric Gansworth is Lowery Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and was recently NEH Distinguished Visiting Professor at Colgate University. An enrolled Onondaga, he was born and raised at the Tuscarora Indian Nation, just outside Niagara Falls, New York. His debut novel for young readers, If I Ever Get Out of Here, was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick and an American Indian Library Association Young Adult Honor selection, and he is the author of numerous acclaimed books for adults. Eric is also a visual artist, generally incorporating paintings as integral elements into his written work. His work has been widely shown and anthologized and has appeared in Iroquois Art: Power and History, The Kenyon Review, and Shenandoah, among other places, and he was recently selected for inclusion in Lit City, a Just Buffalo Literary Center public arts project celebrating Buffalo's literary legacy. Please visit his website at ericgansworth.com.