79 pages • 2 hours read
Eric GansworthIf I Ever Get Out of Here
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Paired Texts & Other Resources
Use these links to supplement and complement students’ reading of the work and to increase their overall enjoyment of literature. Challenge them to discern parallel themes, engage through visual and aural stimuli, and delve deeper into the thematic possibilities presented by the title.
Recommended Texts for Pairing
- a novel by Louise Erdrich that touches on Racism Toward Native Americans, including as a result of the boarding school system
- The Nightwatchman on SuperSummary
- a young adult novel by Eric Gansworth discussing the themes of Racism Toward Native Americans and The Unifying Nature and Healing Power of Music
- The novel centers on Carson Mastick, a character who appears in If I Ever Get Out of Here, and includes appearances from Lewis.
- a novel by Tommy Orange, a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma, that focuses on the urban Indigenous experience
- This novel includes the theme of Racism Toward Native Americans.
- The motif of powwow dancing in the novel can connect to The Unifying Nature and Healing Power of Music.
- There There on SuperSummary
Other Student Resources
- The author of this novel, Eric Gansworth, is an enrolled member of Onondaga Nation.
