The Whole Truth

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HarperCollins Canada, Aug 16, 2011 - Juvenile Fiction - 336 pages

It is 1932. Polly and her older sister, Maud, travel by train and boat from Winnipeg to an island between Vancouver and Victoria. Polly will live with their grandmother, the sisters’ new guardian, and attend the small school on the island, while Maud will go to boarding school in Victoria.

Their extended family welcomes the girls warmly. New-school jitters give way to new friendships and even a new puppy, and slowly Polly feels that she is becoming part of a larger family she never knew until now.

But Polly and Maud have a dramatic secret, and they have promised each other never to tell anyone. A surprise arrival on the island, however, threatens Polly’s newfound happiness and tests the bonds of family love. Can Polly keep the secret and her new life on the island?

 

Contents

CHAPTER
CHAPTER TWO THE ISLAND
CHAPTER THREE SUNDAY
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CHAPTER FOUR MAUD GOES TO SCHOOL
CHAPTER FIVE A BREATHER
CHAPTER SIX POLLY GOES TO SCHOOL
CHAPTER SEVEN LETTERS AND A PUPPY
CHAPTER NINE THE TURTLE TELLS
CHAPTER TEN VALENTINES AND LAMBS
CHAPTER ELEVEN NEW SECRETS
CHAPTER TWELVE VIVIEN
CHAPTER THIRTEEN I MISS YOU TERRIBLY
CHAPTER FOURTEEN A WISH COME TRUE
CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE LONG WEEK
CHAPTER SIXTEEN A FAMILY MEETING

CHAPTER EIGHT DAYS DRAWING
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN VALEDICTORY

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KIT PEARSON is one of Canada’s most beloved children’s authors. Her award-winning books include A Handful of Time, which has sold more than 250,000 copies since it was published in 1987; the Guests of War trilogy; The Daring Game; Awake and Dreaming, winner of the Governor General's Award; The Whole Truth, winner of the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award; And Nothing but the Truth; and A Day of Signs and Wonders, finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. She is a recipient of the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work and the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. In 2018, Kit was appointed a member of the Order of Canada. She lives in Victoria, BC.Web: KitPearson.com.

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