Truth or Dare
Aladdin/Simon & Schuster
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1481459686
Paperback ISBN: 978-1481459693
2016
Ages 9-13
About the Book:
Lia’s four best friends have always been there for her, in good times and bad. It’s thanks to the loyal, supportive friendship of Marley, Abi, Makayla and Jules that Lia’s doing okay after her mom dies in a car crash.
But the summer before seventh grade, Lia’s feeling out of sync with her friends. And after a vacation up in Maine with quirky, unpredictable Aunt Shelby, Lia returns home to find her friends…well, different. For one thing, they’re fighting. Also, they’re competing. And some of them are making her feel like a “late bloomer.”
When her friends launch into a game of Truth or Dare, Lia tells a lie about her summer just to keep up with them. Then she tells another lie. And another. Soon it’s hard to remember what’s a lie and what isn’t. Friendships are threatened, boys are getting kissed (or not), and Lia’s wondering if there’s anyone to confide in. Surely not Aunt Shelby, who means well, but who can’t help being a force of chaos.
In this funny, touching coming-of-age story, Lia learns that it’s possible to face the hardest truths–as long as you have the right people by your side.
Reviews:
“Dee has a keen ear for middle school worries. Her characters talk and act like young adolescents…This is a good book to give to middle schoolers, especially young women on the verge of puberty.”—School Library Jornal
“Lia’s problems ring fully true, and her eventually learned life lessons are timeless. Entertaining bibliotherapy.”—Kirkus
“The book’s structure and plot make for light and fast reading, but the characters are all interestingly flawed,”—Horn Book
“Dee captures the anxious intensity of a middle school friend group with crystal clarity and warm sympathy…The book offers plenty of understanding, with some extra wisdom for girls worried about facing the harbingers of adolescence.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Aladdin/Simon & Schuster
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1481459686
Paperback ISBN: 978-1481459693
2016
Ages 9-13