A review by bookworm_630
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth

3.0

I think this is really a great book...for another reader. The writing is great, the elements are all there, it's realism is real, the story isn't cheesy or sappy. The author really shows us what it's like to be the only smart INDIAN kid in class and live on the reservation, completely and totally isolated from his classmates. To then find a friend, go through the ups and downs of pre-teen friendship with said friend, the confusion, the joy, etc...I really did feel terror and outrage when Evan was lurking and no one would do anything to stop it. But I never fully invested in the story. I don't know why. Just because, I wasn't the right reader at the right time. I'm not the demographic, I'm not a teen/tween boy, whatever the reason. Don't let that stop you from picking up this book and reading the crap out of it. Because Beatles! Paul McCartney! Queen! Smurfs! Real life in the 70's!