Título: The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Autor: Leslie Connor
Sinopse: From the critically acclaimed author of Waiting for Normal and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Leslie Connor, comes a deeply poignant and beautifully crafted story about self-reliance, redemption, and hope.
Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. Mason’s learning disabilities are compounded by grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason’s best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family’s orchard.
An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, can’t understand why Lieutenant Baird won’t believe the story Mason has told about that day.
Both Mason and his new friend, tiny Calvin Chumsky, are relentlessly bullied by the other boys in their neighborhood, so they create an underground haven for themselves. When Calvin goes missing, Mason finds himself in trouble again. He’s desperate to figure out what happened to Calvin and, eventually, Benny.
But will anyone believe him?
National Book Award Finalist * ALA Schneider Family Book Award * 2019 ALSC Notable Children’s Book * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2018 * 2019-2020 Nebraska Golden Sower Award * Amazon Best Books of 2018 * Kirkus Best of Children's 2018 * New York Public Library Best Books 2018 * Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2018 * 2018 Nerdy Book Club Middle Grade Winner * South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee * 2020 Colorado Children's Book Award Nominee * Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year 2019 (9-12) * 2020 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee * 2020-2021 Missouri Association of School Librarians Mark Twain Readers Award Preliminary Nominee * 2020-2021 Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee *
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle”, de Leslie Connor, publicado pela editora Katherine Tegen Books, em 2020 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Katherine Tegen Books
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2020-01-07
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0062491458
ISBN13: 9780062491459
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Katherine Tegen Books oferecem narrativas que transitam entre o suspense juvenil e a fantasia épica, com frequentes protagonistas adolescentes enfrentando desafios pessoais e sociais. A experiência de leitura costuma envolver mistérios que se desenrolam em pequenas cidades ou mundos mágicos, com ritmo tenso e ambientações detalhadas, como em investigações escolares ou reinos fantásticos inspirados em mitologias. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por histórias que combinam ação e desenvolvimento emocional, ora com tons sombrios e psicológicos, ora com aventuras repletas de magia e conflitos políticos.
