Book description
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…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love every book by this author. Mason is a different kid, learning-disabled, but with a heart full of goodness. He is bullied and discounted and put down and misunderstood, but his persistent goodness wins out.
I rooted for Mason, for his good heart, every step of the way.
From Sally's list on children’s novels depicting real adversity—and hope.
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