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Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel

by Avi

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Published
1991
Genre
Fiction
Words
29041

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
3.6
AR interest level
UG — upper grades, 9–12
Suggested reading age
ages 14–18

Ninth-grader Philip Malloy’s conflict with an English teacher over humming during the national anthem escalates through memos, letters, transcripts, and news reports into a national controversy in which partial truths obscure what actually happened.

ISBN

ISBN-13
9780531059593

Tags

Award Winners-BCCB Blue Ribbon BookAward Winners-Boston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsAward Winners-Newbery HonorCommunity Life-SchoolPower Lessons AR-Grade 8Recommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 6-8Recommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Social Issues-Freedoms