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The Porcupine of Truth
by Bill Konigsberg

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The Princess in Black
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Grades 11 & up
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Realistic Fiction
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Honestly Ben
Openly Straight
Book Summary:
Carson, a proud New Yorker, is forced to spend the summer in Billings, Montana, where he and his mother will be caring for his dying alcoholic father. In spite of the fact that Carson's mother is a psychologist, they don't really talk to each other about anything that matters to either of them. On a reluctant visit to the zoo, Carson meets a stunningly beautiful girl - Aisha - who has a similarly offbeat sense of humor. His visions of charming her fall apart when he learns she is a lesbian, a fact which does not go over well with everyone in town, including her own family. Carson's relationships with Aisha, his family, and himself change as he explores the mystery about what really happened to his grandfather.

 Book Review:
There is some extremely clever dialogue in this writing, and the author interweaves a lot of important issues that schools and writers for kids sometimes avoid, including racism, coming out, alcoholism in the family, believing in God, and struggling to find someone else in the world who "gets" you.

This book includes mature content, including intentional discrimination, strong profanity, and some vehement anti-religious sentiments. The characters are well-drawn - they espouse some views which are simultaneously confident and awkward, and others which are beautifully kind or socially shudder-worthy. The contradictions in these people, whether they hide behind humor or any form of superiority (small towns), are touching because they are recognizably true.

The humor is sometimes quite wickedly funny and worth turning pages, but the journey itself raises some issues for self-reflection and conversation. This might not be a book for every reader, but it's the kind of book that will be an absolute favorite, and possibly of huge value, to others.

"I worry sometimes that our world actually values a lack of intelligence. Like we are considered normal if we spend our time thinking about what one of the Kardashians wears to a party, and we are considered strange if we wonder whether a bee's parents grieve if said bee dives into the Central Park Reservoir and never makes it back to the hive. One of these lines of thought makes me want to carve my eyes out, and I can assure you it has nothing to do with bees."
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Spirituality and Religion; Atheism
Alcoholism
Supporting Someone with a Terminal Illness
LGBTQ

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Family Relationships: Broken families, Choosing your family, Repairing family connections, Communication
Finding People Who Value You
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2016 - YALSA - Best fiction for Young Adults
2015 - New York Public Library - Best Book for Teens
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      • Drive Me Crazy
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      • El Deafo
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      • Ella Enchanted
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      • Girl, Stolen
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      • The Giver
      • Go Big or Go Home
      • Gold Medal Summer
      • The Goldfish Boy
      • Good Dog
      • A Good Kind of Trouble
      • The Goose Girl
      • Gracefully Grayson
      • Grandmaster
      • The Graveyard Book
      • Greetings from Witness Protection
      • Hachiko Waits
      • The Handbook for Dragon Slayers
      • A Handful of Stars
      • Half a World Away
      • Hamster Princess - Series
      • Harry Potter - Series
      • Hatchet
      • Her Own Two Feet
      • Hero
      • The Heroes of Olympus Series
      • Hey, Kiddo
      • The Higher Power of Lucky
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      • Home of the Brave
      • The Homework Machine
      • The Homework Strike
      • The Honest Truth
      • Hope Was Here
      • The House That Lou Built
      • How to Ditch Your Fairy
      • How to Steal a Dog
      • How to Train Your Dragon Series
      • The Hundred Dresses
      • The Hunger Games Series
      • I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President
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      • I Am Number Four
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      • I Kill the Mockingbird
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      • I Will Always Write Back
      • Ida B
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      • If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
      • In the Shadow of the Sun
      • Incommunicado
      • Inside Out and Back Again
      • Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
      • The Invention of Hugo Cabret
      • Invisible World
      • It's Raining Cupcakes
      • James and the Giant Peach
      • Jefferson's Sons
      • Karma Khullar's Mustache
      • Keeping Corner
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      • Maniac Magee
      • Mascot
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      • Maus
      • Maybe a Fox
      • Maybe He Just Likes You
      • The Maze Runner
      • Me and Marvin Gardens
      • Medusa Jones
      • A Million Shades of Gray
      • Minnie McClary Speaks Her Mind
      • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
      • The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
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      • Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
      • Neil Flambe
      • The Neptune Project
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