True (. . . Sort Of)

True: Delly Pattison likes surpresents (presents that are a surprise). The day the Boyds come to town, Delly's sure a special surpresent is on its way. But lately, everything that she thinks will be good and fun turns into trouble. She's never needed a surpresent more than now.

True: Brud Kinney wants to play basketball like nothing anybody's ever seen. When the Boyds arrive, though, Brud meets someone who plays like nothing he's ever seen.

True: Ferris Boyd isn't like anyone Delly or Brud have ever met. Ferris is a real mysturiosity (an extremely curious mystery).

True: Katherine Hannigan's first novel since her acclaimed Ida B is a compelling look at the ways friendships and truths are discovered.

It's all true ( . . . sort of).

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 05/01/2011
ISBN: 9780061968730
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 7.66h x 5.29w x 1.20d
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 03/15/2011 pg. 63
Publishers Weekly 03/28/2011
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2011 pg. 91
School Library Journal 05/01/2011 pg. 114
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2011
BookPage 05/01/2011

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 143703 / True (...Sort Of)
Reading Level: 3.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6