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When Zebby and Amr create the website thetruthabouttruman.com, they want it to be honest. They want it to be about the real Truman Middle School, to say things that the school newspaper would never say.
AGERANGE: Ages 11 to 15.
Zebby and Amr create www.truthabouttruman.com to share things about Truman Middle School that would not be allowed in the school newspaper. The idea is to let anyone post anything they want, as long as it is the truth as they believe it to be. Things get out of control when someone anonymously uses the Web site to start rumors about another student. Readers will recognize the characters in the book-Hayley, the leader of the popular group; Lilly and Brianna, her hangers-on; Reece, the football star; Sara and Trevor, the social outcasts. The story is told through posts by each character, telling his or her version of what happened at the school. The anguish of middle school shows through in the posts. Even the popular kids are insecure. The voices are real, revealing the emotional struggles of middle school students. Zebby and Amr learn to be responsible editors of the site. The bully finds that taking Lilly down is not as satisfying as he thought it would be. They all learn that there are real consequences to actions that may not seem so important at the time. Readers might learn to empathize with those whom they might be tempted to tease. The story would be a good vehicle for starting a discussion about bullying and the effect on all students in the school. Reviewer: Deborah L. Dubois
April 2008 (Vol. 31, No. 1)
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Alicja Bienkowska
reviewed The Truth about Truman School on November 16, 2011
The Truth about Truman School
I read The Truth About Truman School because of my middle school's librarian desire to use it as a school-wide text. Unfortunately, I couldn't whole-heartedly offer my support of the novel. While it is a very (very) realistic and bold look at the ramifications of cyber-bullying, the extent of the bullying is too intense for younger middle school readers. Specifically, the inclusion of the gay-bashing in the cyber-bullying is used gratuitously for pure shock value and harshness. Dori Hillestad Butler never offers any contradiction to the students' terrible homophobic behavior; she allows the insults to linger and fester, masquerading as mere bully-fodder.
To put it plainly - because of the way homophobia is handled in the novel, my students wouldn't view it as absolutely horrible as it actually is. Homophobia to Dori Hillestad Butler is no more disgusting than calling a child fat.
So yes, this book is painfully realistic, which is a positive. Unfortunately, unless the reader is mature enough to understand the disgustingness of the characters actions, then the reader may not fully understand the weight of it.
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