Stu Truly

By Dan Richards

Part of the Stu Truly series

A lie to impress a crush spirals out of control.

3.9/5 Goodreads · 115 ratings

304 pages· 44,318 words· Est. 6 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old Stu Truly's world turns upside down when he tells a small lie to impress Becca, the new girl at school. Claiming to be vegetarian, Stu struggles to maintain the facade, especially with his family running a butcher shop. As he navigates friendships, crushes, and school dances, Stu must decide if honesty is worth the risk of losing everything. Will his tangled web of deceit unravel, or can he find a way to keep his secret and win Becca's heart? Dive into this hilarious and heartfelt journey of adolescence and self-discovery.

From the publisher

Stu Truly is the coming-of-age story of 12-year-old Stu as he struggles to navigate the murky waters of adolescence when he finds himself living a lie-that seems to be growing beyond his control-to impress the new girl in school. When Stuart Cornelius Truly first sets eyes on the new girl, Becca, he staples his finger to his seventh-grade history assignment. The second time he sees her, he coughs up a bite of her lunch-a vegetarian roasted pepper sandwich-all over her sweater, and promptly lies, claiming that he, too, is a vegetarian. Their third encounter goes more smoothly, but Stu’s lie turns out to be harder to keep than he expected, especially since his family owns a butcher shop. In this hilarious, heartwarming, contemporary middle grade novel, Stu suddenly begins to realize the opposite sex exists (and isn’t so bad, after all!). Can Stu learn to successfully navigate old friends, new crushes, and horror-filled school dances, or will his lie, intended to impress his crush, actually cause his world to fall apart?

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