by Eric Gansworth
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Teen & Young Adult, Adult, and Historical Fiction.
Now in paperback: The debut novel Laurie Halse Anderson praised for "fearlessly laying down the truth" about friendship, poverty, and the joys of rock 'n' roll.Lewis "Shoe" Blake is used to the joys and difficulties of life on the Tuscarora Indian reservation in 1975: the joking, the Fireball games, the snow blowing through his roof. What he's not ...
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Why recommended
Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Teen & Young Adult, Adult, and Historical Fiction.
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Donalyn Miller
“First books that fell into my brain Eric Gansworth?s If I Ever Get Out of Here and Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John.”
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Consider The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Recommended by 5 sources.
“This sprawling, detail-rich historical novel follows cathedral builders, nobles, and townspeople across decades, delivering immersive scene-setting and a steady accumulation of plotlines. Its useful part is the sustained attention to craft—architecture, politics, rivalry—that makes the medieval world tangible. The main limitation is repetitive melodrama and swings in pacing: long, satisfying set pieces sit beside stretches that feel slow or contrived. Better read slowly rather than skimmed; readers who stick it out will find payoff in the concluding convergences.”
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