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The Porcupine of Truth

by Bill Konigsberg · 2015

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The author of OPENLY STRAIGHT returns with an epic road trip involving family history, gay history, the girlfriend our hero can't have, the grandfather he never knew, and the Porcupine of Truth.

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Carson Smith is resigned to spending his summer in Billings, Montana, helping his mom take care of his father, a dying alcoholic he doesn't really know. Then he meets Aisha Stinson, a beautiful girl who has run away from her difficult family, and Pastor John Logan, who's long held a secret regarding Carson's grandfather, who disappeared without warning or explanation thirty years before. Together, Carson and Aisha embark on an epic road trip to find the answers that might save Carson's dad, restore his fragmented family, and discover the "Porcupine of Truth" in all of their lives.

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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thisgaygayMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of thisfriendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thisroad triproad tripMore like thisLess of thisdiversitydiversityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisMontanaMontanaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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traveltravelMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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