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Home Truths

by Jill Maclean

Cormorant Books | August 4, 2010 | Trade Paperback

Brick''s dad has a temper; you never know when he''s going to blow. His mom''s self-absorbed and leaves the care of his little sister to Brick. It''s no wonder Brick has to let off a little steam of his own once in a while. This summer Brick''s going to take up Mr. Larkin''s offer of work, even though he''s been forbidden to ''fraternize with the neighbours.'' He''s going to earn enough money to escape on the day of his sixteenth birthday. But who will his dad turn to when he doesn''t have a son to kick around anymore? Home Truths is a revealing portrait of a bully-in-the-making and his journey to redemption.

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Brick''s dad has a temper; you never know when he''s going to blow. His mom''s self-absorbed and leaves the care of his little sister to Brick. It''s no wonder Brick has to let off a little steam of his own once in a while. This summer Brick''s going to take up Mr. Larkin''s offer of work, even though he''s been forbidden to ''fraternize with the neighbours.'' He''s going to earn enough money to escape on the day of his sixteenth birthday. But who will his dad turn to when he doesn''t have a son to kick around anymore? Home Truths is a revealing portrait of a bully-in-the-making and his journey to redemption.

About the Author

JILL MACLEANs first novel, The Nine Lives of Travis Keating (2008), won the 2009 Ann Connor Brimer Award, was an Honour Book for the 2010 Silver Birch, shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, and the Hackmatack and Diamond Willow awards, and was a KIND Childrens Honorable Mention Book for the Humane Society of the United States. Its 2009 sequel, The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy, won the 2010 Ann Connor Brimer Award and was shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Childrens Book Award. Formerly from Newfoundland, Jill now makes her home in Nova Scotia, which is the setting for Home Truths.

JILL MACLEAN''s first novel, The Nine Lives of Travis Keating (2008), won the 2009 Ann Connor Brimer Award, was an Honour Book for the 2010 Silver Birch, shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, and the Hackmatack and Diamond Willow awards, and was a KIND Children''s Honorable Mention Book for the Humane Society of the United States. Its 2009 sequel, The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy, won the 2010 Ann Connor Brimer Award and was shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children''s Book Award. Formerly from Newfoundland, Jill now makes her home in Nova Scotia, which is the setting for Home Truths.

JILL MACLEANs first novel, The Nine Lives of Travis Keating (2008), won the 2009 Ann Connor Brimer Award, was an Honour Book for the 2010 Silver Birch, shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, and the Hackmatack and Diamond Willow awards, and was a KIND Childrens Honorable Mention Book for the Humane Society of the United States. Its 2009 sequel, The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy, won the 2010 Ann Connor Brimer Award and was shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Childrens Book Award. Formerly from Newfoundland, Jill now makes her home in Nova Scotia, which is the setting for Home Truths.

Trade Paperback

224 Pages, 5.38 x 7.94 x 0.63 in

August 4, 2010

Cormorant Books

English


1897151969
9781897151969

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