My Whole Truth

by Mischa Thrace

Overview

Seventeen-year-old Seelie Stanton never wanted to kill someone. She never wanted to be invisible in her own family, she never wanted to crush on her best friend Alyssa, and she definitely never wanted to know how effectively a mallet could destroy someone's head.

But the universe doesn't care what she wants. Shane Mayfield doesn't care what Seelie wants either. When the former high school basketball star attacks her, she has no choice but to defend herself. She saved her own life, but she can't bring herself to talk about what happened that night. Not all of it. Not even when she's arrested for murder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635830248
Publisher:	North Star Editions
Publication date:	10/02/2018
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Mischa Thrace has worked as a teacher, a horse trainer, a baker, and a librarian and has amassed enough random skills to survive most apocalypses. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, a one-eyed dog, and a cranky cat who rarely leaves the basement. She loves tea, geekery, and not getting stung by bees.

Editorial Reviews

"This powerful debut novel portrays a resilient heroine with an exceptional will to survive, and her intensely realistic, captivating journey towards healing." —Booklist

"The multiplicity of revelations makes this play out as an episode of Law & Order: SVU." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

From the Publisher

2018-06-24
A white 17-year-old deals with the aftermath of killing her attacker in self-defense.Seelie knows that she had to kill Shane when he ambushed her in a hayloft, choking her and brutally stabbing her face and leg, but her small Massachusetts town vilifies her. The loudest faction sides with Shane, an older, presumably white boy whose father is an esteemed judge. Thrace's debut chronicles the fallout, centering on a court case against Seelie. If some technical details about the legal process are brushed over, it's in service of the fast-paced narrative. Overwhelmed by what happened, Seelie conceals a key detail about the attack, a component that she doesn't want to face. It's markedly convenient that no one asks her questions regarding this secret, but the plot depends upon it going unmentioned. Seelie's school peers harass her, labeling her a murderer, while her manipulative single mother treats the entire situation as an inconvenience. However, Seelie can rely on Cara, a young black lawyer defending her pro bono, and her tightknit friend group. Among her friends is her crush, Lyssa, a protective, pugnacious biracial (Japanese and French Canadian) girl. As more details about the attack come to light, the group's dynamic is jeopardized. Seelie's intimate first-person account invites readers in as she empowers herself to acknowledge the full truth of what happened. Engaging and honest. (Fiction. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews