{"id":43976,"date":"2025-07-04T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/?p=43976"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:28:10","slug":"how-to-tell-a-true-story-by-tricia-springstubb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/how-to-tell-a-true-story-by-tricia-springstubb\/","title":{"rendered":"*How to Tell a True Story by Tricia Springstubb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">How to Tell a True Story <em>ponders how \u201ctruth\u201d is perceived and what it may cost to reveal it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43876 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;width:300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story.jpg 800w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-to-tell-a-true-story-96x96.jpg 96w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-tell-a-true-story-by-tricia-springstubb-margaret-ferguson-books-2025-304-pages\">*<em>How to Tell a True Story <\/em>by Tricia Springstubb. Margaret Ferguson Books, 2025. 304 pages.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reading Level<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/category\/book-reviews\/teen-ya\/\">Teens<\/a><\/strong>, ages 12-15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recommended For<\/strong>: Ages 10-15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-tell-a-true-story-the-story\"><em>How to Tell a True Story<\/em>: The Story<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Amber Price didn\u2019t usually sleep in her brother\u2019s attic bedroom. The only reason she did that night was because Gage was out late and she missed him. Also she knew that if he didn\u2019t get home before their dad got off evening shift at the hospital, there would be fireworks, as Dad rode Gage much harder than he needed to. After a conversation with her best friend Lottie, who feared their other best friend Mariah was snubbing her, Amber fell into a fitful sleep . . . and woke to the smell of smoke. And the crackle of flames. And her brother\u2019s voice frantically calling her name until he found her, wrapped her in his hoodie, and carried to safety through fire and smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gage is a hero, but the house, which the family has only owned for two months, is a total loss. Amber, her mother, and her little sister Clancy move in with relatives, but Dad and Gage move into an apartment until they can get the insurance worked out. The good news is that Dad\u2019s opinion of his son has risen considerably, but the bad news is that he&#8217;s also growing increasingly alienated from Mom. Amber is surprised that her own status has risen along with her brother\u2019s. Everyone wants to know her, and everyone wants to help; there&#8217;s even a split between her two best friends as she finds herself drawn into Mariah\u2019s orbit and away from Lottie\u2019s. It doesn\u2019t feel right, but it does feel good\u2014or does it? Her feelings are equally confused over the boy she likes now noticing her, and the school getting behind a massive fund-raising effort for the Price family, and her new admittance to the cool lunch table. \u201cTill now, middle school had basically been all about knowing where you belong.\u201d Does she belong to a new group now, or is her new status temporary?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-tell-a-true-story-what-is-true\"><em>How to Tell a True Story<\/em>: What IS True?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Most puzzling of all is Gage\u2019s attitude. He resists characterization as a hero, and Amber senses it\u2019s not just modesty. He\u2019s really bothered about something, and his agitation increases as the date approaches for the Price family to be honored with a huge check. More questions arise in Amber\u2019s mind about where he was the night of the fire and about whose version of that story is true\u2014and what constituted truth, anyway? \u201cMaybe truth was beauty, but did that mean less-than-truth was ugly? There were shades of things. Degrees of things . . . Truth was turning out to be way more complicated than she\u2019d thought.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a story to make readers wonder what they would do in a similar situation. The \u201ccorrect\u201d response is by no means assumed, and the ending will encourage readers to be honest about their reactions. The characters are well-drawn and sympathetic and the plot slowly rachets up tension until we\u2019re very involved with this family and want the best for them. A worthy read for upper middle-graders and early teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considerations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Language: two instances of &#8220;h&#8212;,&#8221; one misuse of God&#8217;s name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom Line:<\/strong> A thoughtful and sympathetic exploration of the meaning of truth as it\u2019s lived out rather than theorized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/category\/book-reviews\/starred-reviews\/\">*indicates a starred review<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (the best of the best in its field)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recommended-reading-at-redeemed-reader\">Recommended Reading at Redeemed Reader <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reviews<\/strong>: Also by Tricia Springstubb: <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2022\/12\/looking-for-true-by-tricia-springstubb\/\">Looking for True<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2021\/07\/the-most-perfect-thing-in-the-universe-by-tricia-springstubb\/\">*The Most Perfect Thing in the Universe<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (another starred review), <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2017\/01\/every-second-second-by-tricia-springstubb\/\">Every Single Second<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2017\/08\/cody-fountain-happiness-tricia-springstubb\/\">*Cody and the Fountain of Happiness<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (another starred review) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Review:<\/strong> <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2023\/03\/liar-spy-by-rebecca-stead\/\">Liar &amp; Spy<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Rebecca Stead has similar themes of the cost of truthfulness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Review<\/strong>: Finally, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2023\/10\/code-of-silence-and-back-before-dark-by-tim-shoemaker\/\">Code of Silence<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is a mystery that also reckons with the cost of telling the truth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#c6dadf\"><em>We are participants in the Amazon LLC affiliate program; purchases you make through affiliate links like the one below may earn us a commission.&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2019\/11\/disclosure-policy\/\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3TfPGoN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy <em>How to Tell a True <\/em><i>Story<\/i> on Amazon.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Tell a True Story ponders how \u201ctruth\u201d is perceived and what it may cost to reveal it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4014,4015,4016,3,4021,13,20,25,26,4827],"tags":[23912,166,168,528,674,4095,23238,1628,23831,2296,2821,4129,4916],"class_list":["post-43976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c-ages-8-10","category-d-ages-10-12","category-e-ages-12-15","category-book-reviews","category-discussion-starters","category-middle-grades","category-realistic-fiction-book-reviews","category-starred-reviews","category-teen-adult","category-teen-ya","tag-23912","tag-ages-10-12","tag-ages-12-15","tag-book-reviews-2","tag-character-values","tag-discussion-starters","tag-family-relationships","tag-honesty-and-integrity","tag-listable","tag-middle-grades","tag-realistic-fiction","tag-starred-reviews","tag-teen-ya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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