The porcupine of truth
Title
:
The porcupine of truth
Author
:
Konigsberg, Bill, author.
ISBN
:
9780545648936
Edition
:
First edition.
Physical Description
:
325 pages ; 22 cm
Reading Level
:
HL 670 L Lexile
Subject Term
:
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Children of alcoholics -- Fiction.
Runaway teenagers -- Fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction.
Lesbian teenagers -- Fiction.
African American teenage girls -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Parent and teenager -- Fiction.
Friendship in adolescence -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Billings (Mont.) -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Bildungsromans.
Summary
:
Seventeen-year-old New Yorker Carson Smith is resigned to spending his summer in Billings, Montana, helping his mom take care of his father, a dying alcoholic he doesn't really know. Then he meets Aisha Stinson, a beautiful girl who has run away from her difficult family, and Pastor John Logan, who's long held a secret regarding Carson's grandfather, who disappeared without warning or explanation thirty years before. Together, Carson and Aisha embark on an epic road trip to find the answers that might save Carson's dad, restore his fragmented family, and discover the "Porcupine of Truth" in all of their lives.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | TEEN FICTION KON | Teen Fiction |
| Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi) | TEEN FICTION KON | Teen Fiction |