Apple (Skin to the Core)
Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth, published by Levine Querido on September 6, 2022, is a poignant exploration of identity and belonging. This 352-page work, presented in English, delves into the author’s experiences as a member of the Onondaga Nation and his family’s journey through the complexities of Native American life. Gansworth addresses the painful legacy of government boarding schools and the challenges of navigating multiple worlds, all while reclaiming the term “Apple,” often used as a slur in Native communities.
Readers will find a blend of prose and poetry that vividly captures the struggles and triumphs of Gansworth’s life and those of his family. The narrative reflects on themes of cultural identity and resilience, offering insight into the experiences of Native Americans in the United States. Through rich imagery and heartfelt storytelling, Gansworth invites readers to engage with the realities faced by Indigenous peoples, making this edition a significant contribution to young adult nonfiction and biography.
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WINNER, AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD
HONOR, MICHAL L. PRINTZ AWARD
LONGLIST, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
TIME 10 Best YA and Children’s Books of the Year
NPR Best of the Year
Shelf Awareness Best of the Year
Publishers Weekly Big Indie Books of Fall
Amazon Best Book of the Month
American Indians in Youth Literature Best of the Year
CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of the Year
“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
★ “Timely and important.”–Booklist (starred)
★ “Searing yet dryly funny.”–The Bulletin (starred)
★ “Exceptional.”–Shelf-Awareness (starred)
★ “Captivating.”–School Library Journal (starred)
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.
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