Awards

• Short-listed for Beehive Awards (Fiction) 2013
• Short-listed for Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Grades 6-8) 2013
• Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Children's) 2012
• Short-listed for William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 3-5) 2014

Overview

True: Delly Pattison likes surpresents (presents that are a surprise). The day the Boyds come to town, Delly's sure a special surpresent is on its way. But lately, everything that she thinks will be good and fun turns into trouble. She's never needed a surpresent more than now. True: Brud Kinney wants to play basketball like nothing anybody's ever seen. When the Boyds arrive, though, Brud meets someone who plays like nothing he's ever seen. True: Ferris Boyd isn't like anyone Delly or Brud have ever met. Ferris is a real mysturiosity (an extremely curious mystery). True: Katherine Hannigan's first novel since her acclaimed Ida B is a compelling look at the ways friendships and truths are discovered. It's all true ( . . . sort of).

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Reviews

Praise for Ida B: ""An insightful, seemingly intuitive first novel."" - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for Emmaline and the Bunny: ""A small delight, cunningly illustrated by Hannigan's own sweet watercolors, reminiscent of Beatrix Potter's works."" - Booklist (starred review) ""With playful, alliterative, fun-to-read-aloud language and its fantastical storyline, this winning, 32-chapter novelette recalls the magical whimsy of Roald Dahl."" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""I'm of two minds about Katherine Hannigan's Ida B. The writer in me is jealous; this is exactly the kind of book I wish I had written. But the reader in me, oh the reader in me, she rejoices, this is exactly the kind of book that I want to read."" - Kate DiCamillo, Newbery Award-winning author ""Told in carefully crafted language that begs to be read aloud, the story runs the gamut from laugh-out-loud funny to emotionally wrenching. "" - School Library Journal ""Delly's profound change in her approach to the world is completely believable, and very touching."" - The Horn Book ""Compassionate and powerful, this is sure to be a discussion-starter in book clubs."" - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Praise for Ida B: ""An insightful, seemingly intuitive first novel."" - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for Emmaline and the Bunny: ""A small delight, cunningly illustrated by Hannigan's own sweet watercolors, reminiscent of Beatrix Potter's works."" - Booklist (starred review) ""With playful, alliterative, fun-to-read-aloud language and its fantastical storyline, this winning, 32-chapter novelette recalls the magical whimsy of Roald Dahl."" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""I'm of two minds about Katherine Hannigan's Ida B. The writer in me is jealous; this is exactly the kind of book I wish I had written. But the reader in me, oh the reader in me, she rejoices, this is exactly the kind of book that I want to read."" - Kate DiCamillo, Newbery Award-winning author ""Told in carefully crafted language that begs to be read aloud, the story runs the gamut from laugh-out-loud funny to emotionally wrenching. "" - School Library Journal ""Delly's profound change in her approach to the world is completely believable, and very touching."" - The Horn Book ""Compassionate and powerful, this is sure to be a discussion-starter in book clubs."" - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Author Information

Katherine Hannigan studied mathematics, painting, and studio art and has worked as the education coordinator for a Head Start program and, most recently, as an assistant professor of art and design. She is the author of True (. . . Sort Of), Emmaline and the Bunny, and the national bestseller Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World. She lives in Iowa with a bunch of cats and the occasional bunny or bird visitor. Her backyard hosts an additional array of creatures, including deer, raccoons, possums, and sometimes a skunk. But no alligators . . . yet!

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