How about a book that makes you barge into your boss's office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way? The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly...

How about a book that makes you barge into your boss's office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way? The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). 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. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking.

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CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Books of 2020 PRAISE Stirring.. Raw and moving. --TIME Beautiful imagery and with words that soar and scald. --The Buffalo News Easily one of the best books to be published in 2020. The kind of book bound to save lives. --LitHub A powerful narrative about identity and belonging. --Paste Magazine FOUR STARRED REVIEWS ★ Timely and important. --Booklist, starred review ★ Searing yet dryly funny. --The Bulletin, starred review ★ Exceptional. --Shelf-Awareness, starred review ★ Captivating. --School Library Journal, starred review The term Apple is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly red on the outside, white on the inside. In APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE), 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. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking.

National Book Award Longlist

TIME's 10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2020

NPR's Best Book of 2020

Shelf Awareness's Best Books of 2020

Publishers Weekly's Big Indie Books of Fall

Amazon's Best Book of the Month

AICL Best YA Boo