Don P. Hooper's debut novel, "True True", is a well-written and culturally diverse YA novel. Even though I no longer fall into the YA demographic, I found the plot to be interesting and looked forward to continuing the story as time allowed. I appreciated the fact that although the novel is fiction, the characters, plot and setting are all pretty believable.
As a teacher with close to 20 years of teaching experience (inner city, suburban, private and public school settings), I'm always looking for culturally diverse, age-appropriate books that I can add to my classroom library. This would also be a great novel to add to your middle school/high school literacy class. A lot of discussion could take place on the students'(of all backgrounds and races) thoughts and feelings of what takes place in "True True".
The only suggestion that I have is that I wish more insight and dialogue were given to the plot when Gil and Tammy were required to meet with President and Board of Trustees of Augustin Prep in chapter 42.
I'm looking forward to reading additional novels My Mr. Hooper. Perhaps a sequel to "True True"?
As a teacher with close to 20 years of teaching experience (inner city, suburban, private and public school settings), I'm always looking for culturally diverse, age-appropriate books that I can add to my classroom library. This would also be a great novel to add to your middle school/high school literacy class. A lot of discussion could take place on the students'(of all backgrounds and races) thoughts and feelings of what takes place in "True True".
The only suggestion that I have is that I wish more insight and dialogue were given to the plot when Gil and Tammy were required to meet with President and Board of Trustees of Augustin Prep in chapter 42.
I'm looking forward to reading additional novels My Mr. Hooper. Perhaps a sequel to "True True"?