{"product_id":"apple-skin-to-the-core-9781646140138","title":"Apple: (Skin to the Core)","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award\u003cbr\u003ePrintz Honor Winner\u003cbr\u003eNational Book Award Longlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best YA and Children's Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eNPR Best of the Year\u003cbr\u003eShelf Awareness Best of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Big Indie Books of Fall\u003cbr\u003eAmazon Best Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003eAICL Best YA Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eCSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Books of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stirring.. Raw and moving.\"--TIME \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautiful imagery and with words that soar and scald.\"--The Buffalo News \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Easily one of the best books to be published in 2020. The kind of book bound to save lives.\"--LitHub \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful narrative about identity and belonging.\"--Paste Magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"Timely and important.\"--Booklist, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"Searing yet dryly funny.\"--The Bulletin, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"Exceptional.\"--Shelf-Awareness, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"Captivating.\"--School Library Journal, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe term \"Apple\" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly \"red on the outside, white on the inside.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eApple (Skin to the Core)\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family--of Onondaga among Tuscaroras--of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric Gansworth, S˙ha-weñ na-saeˀ, is an enrolled Onondaga writer and visual artist, raised at the Tuscarora Nation. His award-winning books include \u003ci\u003eIf I Ever Get Out of Here, Give Me Some Truth, Extra Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eApple (Skin to the Core)\u003c\/i\u003e - winner of the Printz Honor and the American Indian Youth Literature Award. He is a Professor and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Levine Querido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614469591314,"sku":"9781646140138","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ccd1ac4-bd9d-4bad-b7ff-b285a576539e.jpg?v=1732445932","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/apple-skin-to-the-core-9781646140138","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}