Give Me Some Truth
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781338143546
Pages
403 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In 1980 life is hard on the Tuscarora Reservation in upstate New York, and most of the teenagers feel like they are going nowhere: Carson Mastick dreams of forming a rock band, and Maggi Bokoni longs to create her own conceptual artwork instead of the traditional beadwork that her family sells to tourists--but tensions are rising between the reservation and the surrounding communities, and somehow in the confusion of politics and growing up Carson and Maggi have to make a place for themselves.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Separation; Family violence; Poverty; Race discrimination; separated parents; abusive father; alcoholism; living in poverty; impoverished community; racism; prejudice
Main Character
girl and boy
Race/Ethnicities
Native American
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
reservation; music; rock band; John Lennon; art; beadwork; 1980s; community tensions; New York
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Gansworth, Eric, "Give Me Some Truth" (2018). Diverse Families. 1373.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1373