Connor, Leslie
Truth as told by Mason Buttle The truth as told by Mason Buttle Leslie Connor - First paperback edition. - New York, NY Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020 - 326 pages 20 cm Paperback book
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.
Ages 8-12. 310L Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 60 (medium) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 90 (high)
In English.
9780062491459 0062491458
Grief--Juvenile fiction.
Bullying
Murder--.
Friendship
Learning disabled children
Truthfulness and falsehood
Middle school boys
jCon 17
Truth as told by Mason Buttle The truth as told by Mason Buttle Leslie Connor - First paperback edition. - New York, NY Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020 - 326 pages 20 cm Paperback book
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.
Ages 8-12. 310L Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 60 (medium) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 90 (high)
In English.
9780062491459 0062491458
Grief--Juvenile fiction.
Bullying
Murder--.
Friendship
Learning disabled children
Truthfulness and falsehood
Middle school boys
jCon 17