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    The Honest Truth
    The Honest Truth
    The Honest Truth
    Audiobook4 hours

    The Honest Truth

    Written by Dan Gemeinhart

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

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    About this audiobook

    The debut of a phenomenal new middle-grade talent.

    In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jessie. He likes to take photos and write haiku poems in his notebook. He dreams of climbing a mountain one day.

    But in one important way, Mark is not like other kids at all. Mark is sick. The kind of sick that means hospitals. And treatments. The kind of sick some people never get better from.

    So Mark runs away. He leaves home with his camera, his notebook, his dog, and a plan to reach the top of Mount Rainier—even if it's the last thing he ever does.

    The Honest Truth is a rare and extraordinary novel about big questions, small moments, and the incredible journey of the human spirit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 27, 2015
    ISBN9781491519004
    The Honest Truth
    Author

    Dan Gemeinhart

    Dan Gemeinhart is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the middle-grade novels The Midnight Children, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, The Honest Truth, Some Kind of Courage, Scar Island, and Good Dog. A former elementary teacher-librarian and lifelong reader, he lives with his wife and three daughters in a small town in Washington state.

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