ABSOLUTELY TRULY

ABSOLUTELY TRULY by Heather Vogel Frederick

 Truly Lovejoy's world has been turned upside down. Just a couple weeks shy of retiring from the military, Truly's father's convoy was hit by an IED taking his arm and his best friend's life. Now all plans of settling down permanently in sunny Texas are off. Instead the Lovejoy family is moving to snowy Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire (or should we say Bumpkin Falls?) where Truly's father grew up to run the family bookstore. Making friends in a new place should come easily to Truly, but it doesn't help that she's 6 feet tall and sticks out like a sore thumb everywhere she goes. (Can someone say Truly Gigantic?) Then there's the Shakespearean message she found in an envelope tucked inside a signed copy of E.B. White's Charlotte's Web in a pile of used books in the bookstore. A Pumpkin Falls treasure hunt? Hmmm..time will tell!

Absolutely Truly is Book 1 of 3 Truly Lovejoy adventures. After reading the first one out loud with lots of "one more chapter" calls at the end of each reading time, we are diving into Yours Truly. Really Truly is a summer adventure. We'll see if we can hold off until then to enjoy it!