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The honest truth

A boy named Mark, tired of being sick with cancer, conceives a plan to climb Mount Rainier, and runs away from home with his dog, Beau--but with over two hundred miles between him and his goal, and only anger at his situation to drive him on nothing will be easy, and only his best friend, Jessie, su...

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Main Author: Gemeinhart, Dan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition, February 2015.
Subjects:
Runaway children > Juvenile fiction.
Cancer in children > Juvenile fiction.
Anger in children > Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Juvenile fiction.
Best friends > Juvenile fiction.
Rainier, Mount (Wash.) > Juvenile fiction.
Survival fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:A boy named Mark, tired of being sick with cancer, conceives a plan to climb Mount Rainier, and runs away from home with his dog, Beau--but with over two hundred miles between him and his goal, and only anger at his situation to drive him on nothing will be easy, and only his best friend, Jessie, suspects where he is heading.
Physical Description:229 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780545665735
0545665736
Author Notes:Dan Gemeinhart is a teacher-librarian and father of three daughters. His debut novel, The Honest Truth , was a New York Times Editors' Choice selection, an Amazon.com Best Book of the Month, and an Indie Next List pick. His follow-up, Some Kind of Courage , was met with critical acclaim, garnering two starred reviews. Dan lives with his family in Cashmere, Washington. Visit him at dangemeinhart.com.

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