{"product_id":"truth-about-alice-book-jennifer-mathieu-9781250063021","title":"The Truth About Alice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eMoxie\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful feminist novel that deals with slut-shaming, told through the perspectives of four small-town teens, about how everyone has a motive to bring--and keep--a teen girl down.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Children's Choice Book Awards' Teen Choice Debut Author Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Everyone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback Brandon Fitzsimmons dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask \u003ci\u003eanybody\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rumor has it Alice Franklin is a slut. It's written all over the \"slut stall\" in the girls' bathroom: \"Alice had sex in exchange for math test answers\" and \"Alice got an abortion last semester.\" After Brandon dies, the rumors start to spiral out of control. In this remarkable debut novel, four Healy High students tell all they \"know\" about Alice-and in doing so reveal their own secrets and motivations, painting a raw look at the realities of teen life. But in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, exactly what is the truth about Alice? In the end there's only one person to ask: Alice herself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This title has Common Core connections.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlso by Jennifer Mathieu:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevoted\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: A girl with a controlling, conservative family realizes that her life is her own--if only she can find the courage to fight for it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfterward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: A tragic kidnapping leads to an unlikely friendship in this novel about finding light in the midst of darkness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoxie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e: An unlikely teenager starts a feminist revolution at a small-town Texas high school.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Truth about Alice\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Fans of \u003ci\u003eSpeak\u003c\/i\u003e by Laurie Halse Anderson and \u003ci\u003eSpeechless\u003c\/i\u003e by Hannah Harrington will welcome first time author Mathieu, who has crafted a realistic and hard-hitting debut.\" --\u003ci\u003eVOYA,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A tough, unapologetic look at slut-shaming from a promising new voice.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Swift pace and compact size may entice reluctant readers as well as those interested in a juicy yet thoughtful take on human dynamics.\" --\u003ci\u003eBCCB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Debut author Mathieu brings new life to a common girls' narrative through her multiple first-person narrators.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Each narrator shares elements of culpability for the rumors and mistreatment of Alice, and teens are introduced to the potential damage that rumors and lies bring.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Alice gets the final word, yet Mathieu avoids reducing her story to a revenge narrative, instead offering a quietly powerful testament to perspective and personal resilience.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49590995583249,"sku":"GOR007910008","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50252578947345,"sku":"CIN1250063027G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50371925475601,"sku":"CIN1250063027A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51021811384593,"sku":"NIN9781250063021","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51767292723473,"sku":"CIN1250063027VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250063027.jpg?v=1751368648","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/truth-about-alice-buch-jennifer-mathieu-9781250063021","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}