The porcupine of truth
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545648943 (electronic bk)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
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electronic resource
electronic - Publisher: 2015.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Text Difficulty 3 UG/Upper grades (9th-12) 670 Lexile. 4.4 ATOS Level |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 14039 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Subject: | Juvenile Literature African American Fiction Juvenile Fiction |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Abington Community Library | YOUNG ADULT KONIGSB (Text) | 50687011365056 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
The author of Openly Straight returns with an epic road trip involving family history, gay history, the girlfriend our hero can't have, the grandfather he never knew, and the Porcupine of Truth The Stonewall Book Award-winning novel from the author of Openly Straight and Honestly Ben !"Words like 'brilliant' are so overused when praising novels—so I won't use that word. I'll just think it." — Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe "Undeniably human and unforgettably wise, this book is a gift for us all." — Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle Carson Smith is resigned to spending his summer in Billings, Montana, helping his mom take care of his father, a dying alcoholic he doesn't really know. Then he meets Aisha Stinson, a beautiful girl who has run away from her difficult family, and discovers a secret regarding his grandfather, who disappeared without warning or explanation decades before. Together, Carson and Aisha embark on an epic road trip to try and save Carson's dad, restore his fragmented family, and discover the "Porcupine of Truth" in all of their lives.