Monday, October 1, 2012

MMGG Book 4: True (...Sort Of) by Katherine Hannigan

From Goodreads:

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).


Why it's MIGHTY:

This book, like Hannigan's Ida B, has a mighty amount of voice. This book is so funny and clever and chock full of kid-size adventure. But it's the characters that will grab hold of you and make you want to follow them to the very last page.

5 comments:

  1. This has been on my list for awhile. Thanks for the post!

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  2. I have been wanting to read this ever since reading Ida B, but keep ending up with something else at the library.

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  3. Okay, I'm voting here for my #1 (following your blog)

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  4. And for my #2 (following you on Twitter - does it count that I already did?)

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  5. I haven't read either of Katherine Hannigan's books. I should probably remedy that...

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