93 pages • 3 hours read
Leslie ConnorThe Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
- Genre: Fiction; middle grade realistic
- Originally Published: 2018
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 310L; grades 3-7
- Structure/Length: 74 chapters; approx. 336 pages; approx. 6 hours, 36 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Mason Buttle is a 12-year-old boy with learning disabilities who is mourning the death of his best friend, whose body he found in the family orchard. The townspeople grow suspicious of Mason’s involvement in his friend’s death, and when his new friend Calvin vanishes, Mason must overcome his bad luck and uncover the truth.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Bullying, death of loved ones
Leslie Connor, Author
- Bio: Born in 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio; earned a BFA in Fine Art from University of Connecticut; lifelong dog-lover; enjoys writing, visual arts, and cooking; twice awarded the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Book Award; received the Connecticut Book Award for Waiting for Normal
- Other Works: Waiting for Normal (2008); The Things You Kiss Goodbye (2014); A Home for Goddesses and Dogs (2020); Anyone Here Seen Frenchie? (2022)
- Awards: National Book Award Finalist; ALA Schneider Family Book Award; Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- Writing Your Own Story
- Overcoming Grief
- Overcoming Trauma
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
