One Speck of Truth One Speck of Truth

A heartwarming and poignant story that explores the bonds of family and the importance of knowing your own history, from the critically acclaimed author of My Life with the Liars and the ALA Notable Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time

Alma has everything she needs, except answers to her questions. Her mother won't tell her why her beloved stepfather, Adam, is suddenly gone this summer. Or about life in Portugal, where her parents met. Not even about her father, who Alma cannot find, no matter how many graveyards she searches with her best friend, Julia.

Then Alma's mother shocks her by moving them both to Lisbon so Alma can fall in love with the vibrant city where her father grew up. There she discovers she has more family than she could have imagined.

She hopes Portugal holds the answers she's been desperately searching for, but it turns out finding the truth may be more complicated than she, or her mother, bargained for.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Published: 03/05/2019
ISBN: 9780062672667
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/31/2019 pg. 97
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2018
Booklist 01/01/2019 pg. 86
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 96
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2019

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 508469 / One Speck of Truth
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9