True . . . Sort Of, Katherine Hannigan
True . . . Sort Of, Katherine Hannigan
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True (. . . Sort Of)

Author: Katherine Hannigan

Narrator: Danielle Ferland

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2011

Synopsis

True: Delly Pattison likes surpresents (presents that are a surprise). The day the Boyds come to town, Delly's sure a special surpresent is on its way. But lately, everything that she thinks will be good and fun turns into trouble. She's never needed a surpresent more than now.True: Brud Kinney wants to play basketball like nothing anybody's ever seen. When the Boyds arrive, though, Brud meets someone who plays like nothing he's ever seen. True: Ferris Boyd isn't like anyone Delly or Brud have ever met. Ferris is a real mysturiosity (an extremely curious mystery).True: Katherine Hannigan's first novel since her acclaimed Ida B is a compelling look at the ways friendships and truths are discovered. It's all true ( . . . sort of).

About Katherine Hannigan

Katherine Hannigan studied mathematics, painting, and studio art and has worked as the education coordinator for a Head Start program and, most recently, as an assistant professor of art and design. She is the author of True (. . . Sort Of), Emmaline and the Bunny, and the national bestseller Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World. She lives in Iowa with a bunch of cats and the occasional bunny or bird visitor. Her backyard hosts an additional array of creatures, including deer, raccoons, possums, and sometimes a skunk. But no alligators . . . yet!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kim on May 14, 2014

Reread in 2014. Still one of my all time favorite read alouds. Ever. Reread in 2013. So this is on hold because I didn't finish the book to my class ( sob) because I moved rooms. And I forgot to bring the book home. And I can't find it now. I FOUND THE BOOK! Filled me with warmth just as much as the......more

Goodreads review by Roxanne on July 23, 2020

10 fricken stars!!! My heart!! I rarely read middle grade books which is clearly a huge mistake on my part. This story grabbed hold of my heart right from the first page and never let it go! I loved Delly and her Dellyisms. There’s nothing more beautiful than the pure joy and innocence of a child ex......more

Goodreads review by Allison on August 17, 2011

A bad-girl story invites comparison to, of course, the great The Great Gilly Hopkins. The difference between Gilly and Delly of True... Sort of, is that there's no obvious reason for Delly to be bad. She's not a damaged foster kid. Her family isn't unstable or cruel. She's just a girl with very litt......more

Goodreads review by Susan Dove on March 08, 2011

Katherine Hannigan takes risks that I admire a lot. She allows her child characters to behave like real people, with the kind of honest emotions that aren't always endearing. IdaB was allowed to feel true rage at her circumstances, and to not get over it quickly. Delly, in this book, is allowed to b......more

Goodreads review by Amy on July 03, 2012

Other than the fact that I really didn't like the use of "noncuss" words that really sounded like cuss words (bawlgrammit instead of GD, for instance), I loved this book! Delly is a sweet girl with a quick temper and too many temptations to be naughty or mean. After she begins to make a concsious ef......more

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