The Book of One Hundred Truths

This book by Minnesotan, Julie Schumacher held my interest the whole time. The story is told by Theo, a 12 year old girl. Theo's mother gives her an empty notebook and asks her to record one hundred truths. She gives it to Theo as she is leaving Minnesota to go to her Neena's (grandmother) for her annual summer visit to their home on the beach in New Jersey. What kept me interested was the two mysteries going on in the story. One mystery was—What happened to Theo's best friend, Gwen? and the other was—Why are her two aunts being so secretive? Lots of relatives are at her Neena's and Granda's and all add up to a crazy summer vacation with all the quirks that people of assorted ages and interests bring to the situation. My favorite person was cousin Jocelyn. A seven year old who loves to make her bed and keep her clothes neatly folded and put away in specific drawers!

This book won the 2007 Minnesota Young Adult Book Award. Alyssa P read this book for her award book assignment for Ms Skree and liked it. I hope she will add her comments about the book to this blog .