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The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle / Leslie Connor.
Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. But those troubles don't compare with grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason's best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family's orchard. An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, can't understand why Lieutenant Baird won't believe the story Mason has told about that day. Mason's new friend, tiny Calvin Chumsky, is the funny and philosophical partner who brings out the best in Mason. To escape relentless bullying by other neighborhood kids, the boys create a secret underground haven for themselves. When Calvin goes missing, Mason finds himself in deeper trouble. He's desperate to figure out what happened to Calvin, and eventually, Benny. But will anyone believe him? Leslie Connor, the acclaimed author of Waiting for Normal and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, has created another warm and beautifully crafted story about self-reliance, redemption, and hope. -- From dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062491435
- ISBN: 0062491431
- Physical Description: 326 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Award Winner |
Target Audience Note: | 8-12 years 310L Lexile Decoding demand: 81 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 51 (medium) Structure demand: 86 (very high) Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 2.7 8 193450. Accelerated Reader 2.7. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.) Schneider Family Book Award Winner for Middle School, 2019 Mark Twain award nominee, 2020-2021. |