Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. A rock band -- and winning Battle of the Bands -- is his best shot. But things keep getting in the way. Small matters like the lack of an actual band, or his brother getting shot by the racist owner of a local restaurant.
Maggi Bokoni has just moved back to the reservation with her family. She's dying to stop making the same traditional artwork her family sells to tourists (conceptual stuff is cooler), stop feeling out of place in her new (old) home, and stop being treated like a child. She might like to fall in love for the first time too.
Carson and Maggi -- along with their friend Lewis -- will navigate loud protests, even louder music, and first love in this stirring novel about coming together in a world defined by difference.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 05/29/2018
ISBN: 9781338143546
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.70d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2018
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 117
Publishers Weekly 03/19/2018
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2018 pg. 131
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2018 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 503077 / Give Me Some Truth
Reading Level: 5.1 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 20