The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg

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The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg

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The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg

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 TruthThe 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 JungleCarson 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.

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Openly Straight, which received the SCBWI Sid Fleischman Award for Comedy and was added to the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults list; The Porcupine of Truth, which won the Stonewall Book Award and was chosen a Booklist Editors' Choice selection; and Out of the Pocket, which won the Lambda Literary Award, are among Bill Konigsberg's works. Bill and his husband, Chuck, live in Chandler, Arizona. Visit him at www.billkonigsberg.com and follow him on Twitter @billkonigsberg.

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ISBN 13 9780545648936
ISBN 10 0545648939
Title The Porcupine of Truth
Author Bill Konigsberg
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Scholastic US
Year published 2015-05-26
Number of pages 336
Prizes Winner of Stonewall Book Award (Children/Young Adult) 2016
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.