# Apple

**Author:** Eric Gansworth
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2020
**Page count:** 356
**Genre:** Young Adult
**ISBN-13:** `9781646140145`
**ISBN-10:** `1646140141`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/apple-skin-to-the-core
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

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 Books of 2020 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 Journa

## Where this book is assigned

### American Indian Youth Literature Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2022 AILA Winner (Young Adult)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2022 AILA Winner (Young Adult)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2022 AILA Winner (Young Adult)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: American Indian Youth Literature Award (American Indian Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2022 AILA Winner (Young Adult)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Youth_Literature_Award)

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