If I Ever Get Out of Here

By Eric Gansworth

Lewis Blake balances living in poverty in 1970s upstate New York on the Tuscarora Reservation and being the only American Indian at school where he is the victim of bullying. George Haddonfield arrives on the Air Force base, and the two bond over their love for music.

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Publishing company: Arthur A. Levin Books; Date published: July 30, 2013

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