The Truth about Truman School

Unknown Friday, April 23, 2010 16 comments


The Truth about Truman School  by Dori Butler



3.5 Stars 

 

Zebby was tired of her teachers telling everyone to take a stand...just not on EVERYTHING.  Don't ever speak negatively about their school, the teachers that worked there, other students who caused problems, how life's not fair.

Zebby decides it's time that everyone had a chance to hear and tell the real story - what life was really like as a student attending Truman Middle School.

When Zebby and her best friend Amr started their own online site, they thought they would get the chance to actually have a voice, expose injustices, and express their opinions about any topic.  To their amazement, the online site becomes hot!  It gets hundreds of daily hits.  All of the popular students at Truman Middle know about it.  Some even post their own articles, letters, and links.

Someone, though, has an agenda.  Revenge.  It's time to show everyone just how easy it is to take down a popular student.  Make her an outcast.  Ruin her life.  No matter how long it takes, he will get even with her.  He will destroy her life.  Just like she ruined his. 
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16 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    i luv this book im doing it for my book report, ive read relle good books but this 1 wow it like catches ur eyes the 1st page the author that wrote this book relle deserves alot of credit for putting a ton of effort in this book! this book teaches how hurtful cyber bullying is

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  2. aubrey monserrateOctober 4, 2010 at 4:50 PM

    This book is funny, crazy, and somewhat evil to some times to me.Every thing thats being said to lily is evil and mean.Also this book can teach about how feelings hurt people.We all face the things in this book thats going on.One minute your nice and then your back is being turned on.When i read this i wanted to read more and more book by the author its hard to but down!I really and truly think you all need to read this!

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  3. mary matthewsOctober 5, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    love this book so funny and crazy LOL LOL LOL! and evil sometimes. the book teaches you how cyber bullying is. zebby and her bff starts an online site they though that it will make them pop. :) :) :D

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  4. Blair SimpsonOctober 9, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    I really enjoyed this book! It was very entertaining. It also had an important moral to it. It amazes me how Zebby wanted to start a website and it ended up deing a cyberbullying site. Its really mean. It also teaches us that its wrong to cyberbully. Lilly was just a normal girl until a kid from her old school starts cyberbullying her. Lilly had everything until this happened. She lost her boyfriend and all her best friends. Zebby and Lilly used to be friends but now Lilly moved on. But after Lilly got cyberbullied, Zebby and her friend, Amr start to realize that Lilly is their friend. I really enjoyed thiis book. I love the format of this book too. I recommend everyone read this!!

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  5. brianna bowensNovember 29, 2010 at 4:05 AM

    I love this book. It has supense and mystery. The book talks about two teenagers name Amr and Zebby who create a website named truth about truman. Truth about truman was supposed to be about things that the regular newspaper wouldn't write. But Truth about Truman site did't have high ratings until a person name Milk and Honey. Milk and Honey was someone who hated Lilly Clark. Lily Clark was the popular girl who everyones trying to be.But when this rumor came out, people stoped being her friend. Of course she thought Zebby and Amr did it but all along Milk and Honey was Trevor. Trevor was the boy who got pick on by Lily and her crew.

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  6. kara lindseyJanuary 7, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    i could not particulaly get in to this book. i dont know why i picked it up. However i did like the advice it gives about cyberbulling.

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  7. EmmaJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    OMG! I read this book and loved it, some of the girls were really dumb. they thought that the police couldn't track down what computer the site and all the posts were used to put up. I felt so bad for Lilly, no one should make someone feel so bad they run away but then want to transfer schools!! I absolutely loved this book and i would suggest it to anyone. My favorite character was probably Zebby, or Lilly.

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  8. Vanessa LetellierFebruary 3, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    This book is a mystery and some of the girls have issues. They thought the police couldnt do anything about the computer website but the post were still there. When the girls kept picking on Lilly, she couldnt and wouldnt do anything. I recomend this book to girls who love drama and gossip. Enjoy this book:) its really good !!!

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  9. ANONYMOUSMarch 20, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    I READ THE BOOK AND OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I COUDNT BELIVE I FELT BAD FOR TREVOR,UNTIL I FOUND OUT HE WAZ MILKANDHONEY I DINNT LIK MUCH ANY MORE .AT 1ST I
    THOUGHT IT WAZ AMR.BY THE WAY IM ON ZEBS AND AMRS SIDE.I HAT GOSSIP TOO I JUST READ THE BOOK CUZ IT LOOKED INTERSTING.

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  10. raven smithAugust 24, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    I didnt really like this book...honestly to me is was like all of those young adult books and it was really slow.
    :( Sorry if you dont like what i have to say....its the truth.

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  11. yesenia chNovember 11, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    well i am starting to read this book but it is a great book so far because i like how the has detils about the caracter.

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  12. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 4:43 AM

    Great book! Just finished it about 10 min ago!! I can't believe who is milkandhoney it is a shock

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  13. C.B.November 15, 2011 at 4:47 AM

    Zebby was tired of her teachers telling everyone to take a stand…just not on EVERYTHING. Don’t ever speak negatively about their school, the teachers that worked there, other students who caused problems, how life’s not fair.

    Zebby decides it’s time that everyone had a chance to hear and tell the real story - what life was really like as a student attending Truman Middle School.

    When Zebby and her best friend Amr started their own online site, they thought they would get the chance to actually have a voice, expose injustices, and express their opinions about any topic. To their amazement, the online site becomes hot! It gets hundreds of daily hits. All of the popular students at Truman Middle know about it. Some even post their own articles, letters, and links.

    Someone, though, has an agenda. Revenge. It’s time to show everyone just how easy it is to take down a popular student. Make her an outcast. Ruin her life. No matter how long it takes, he will get even with her. He will destroy her life. Just like she ruined his. NEVER CYBER BULLY IT IS JUST PLAIN MEAN! Half of my class was recently acussed of bullying when we did not even do it!

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  14. AnonymousMay 20, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    i love this book my language arts treacher is making us read independent books so i chose this one i was vey suprised on what some of the subjects they were taking about but the book gave me intrst and it tought a good leason on how hurt full cyberbulling is

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  15. Tori AJune 21, 2012 at 12:43 PM

    i loved this book it made me cry i felt soooo sorry for lily and its just an awsome book

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  16. jJuly 5, 2012 at 2:44 PM

    i luv this book its the first one i really got into i finished it in 2or 3 nights it really touched my heart

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