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A review by renatasnacks
Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth
4.0
This book was a little slow to grab me, but I definitely became very invested in these characters. There's such a mix of stakes at play here--will these teens win their battle of the bands? Will Maggi have sex for the first time with a shady older guy? will white people honor native treaties and respect native culture? And yet every level of conflict is ultimately so compelling.
This is such a good example of a YA historical fiction being grounded in a specific time and place--this isn't just set in 1980 because the author grew up then and didn't want to deal with cell phones, it's set in 1980 because of the political & pop culture context of specifically John Lennon's life and death, and Yoko Ono's life.
A great read, particularly for teens who are interested in music and/or social justice.
This is such a good example of a YA historical fiction being grounded in a specific time and place--this isn't just set in 1980 because the author grew up then and didn't want to deal with cell phones, it's set in 1980 because of the political & pop culture context of specifically John Lennon's life and death, and Yoko Ono's life.
A great read, particularly for teens who are interested in music and/or social justice.