The Almost Truth
School year: Lower 6th, Year 10, Year 11
No. of pages 272
Published: 2013
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Sadie cant wait to get away from her backwards small town, her delusional mom, her jailbird dad, and the tiny trailer where she was raisedeven though leaving those things behind also means leaving her best friend Brendan. Sadie wants a better life, and she has been working steadily toward it, one con at a time.
But when Sadies mother wipes out Sadies savings, her escape plan is suddenly gone. She needs to come up with a lot of cashand fastor shell be stuck in this town forever.
With Brendans help, she devises a planthe ultimate conto get the money. But the more lies Sadie spins, the more she starts falling for her own hoaxand perhaps for the wrong boy. Sadie wanted to change her life, but she wasn't prepared to have it flipped upside down by her own deception. With her future at stake and her heart on the line, suddenly it seems like she has a lot more than just money to lose... [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].
This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.
There are 272 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster .
Eileen Cook is a multi-published author with her novels appearing in eight different languages. She spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. Eileen lives in Vancouver with her husband and one very naughty dog and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else.