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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.
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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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From THE HONEST TRUTH:The mountain was calling me. I had to run away. I had to.And I didn't need anyone to go with me. I tightened the straps on my backpack and held the front screen door open with my foot. "Come on, Beau!" I called, and my voice didn't shake one bit. It was strong. Like me.Beau came rocketing out the door, his tail slapping my legs. He danced on his front paws on the porch, his mismatched eyes smiling up at me, his tongue hanging out happy. I bent down and scratched him behind his ears the way he loved, the way only I knew how to do. "You're always ready for a walk, aren't you, buddy?" He panted out a yes."Well," I said, grabbing the handles of my duffel bag and standing up. "You're in for a doozy." I looked out to the horizon, to the white-topped mountains in the distance. "The biggest walk of all. That's the truth." Excerpted from The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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