This was going to be the year Normandy Pale came into her own. The year she emerged from her older sisters shadowand Kiera, who became a best-selling graphic novelist before she even graduated from high school, casts a long one. But it hasnt worked out that way, not quite. So Normandy turns to her art and writing, and the truth commission she and her friends have started to find out the secrets at their school. Its a great idea, as far as it goesuntil it leads straight back to Kiera, who has been hiding some pretty serious truths of her own. Susan Jubys The Truth Commission: A story about easy truths, hard truths, and those things best left unsaid. * With a deft hand and an open mind, Juby presents many layers of truth.

 

This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal.

This book has been graded for interest at 14+ years.

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Susan Juby dropped out of fashion design college at a young age, and after obtaining a BA at the University of British Columbia, went to work in publishing. She now has a master's degree in publishing and has just completed the third novel in the Alice series, which has become a hit in Canada, the US and Australia. Susan has survived life in several small towns in BC, and now lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, James and their dog, who prefers to remain anonymous.