To Be Honest
by TC Booth
Young Adult Contemporary Romance
Date Published: July 21, 2015
T.C.
Booth’s latest novel, To Be Honest, is a heart-warming young adult contemporary
romance that focuses on cyberbullying, diversity and the struggles of living
with a handicap, from the point of view of a teenage girl.
The
book features Starla Emerson, a girl whose self-esteem vanished almost
overnight when a freak accident left her with a deformed hand. When her family
moves and she can no longer rely on her best friend and boyfriend for moral
support, she finds herself all alone one hundred and twenty miles away home.
Starla
tries not to stand out at her new school, but when a stranger posts pictures of
her on the internet, this puts her in the spotlight against her wishes. And
when the cyberbullying threatens to destroy her relationship, things take a
turn for the worse.
To Be
Honest has received glowing reviews on Amazon.
I left one shelf bare for my memory boxes. I
stacked the shoe-sized cardboard boxes so their labels showed. Freshman Year,
Sophomore Year, Junior Year. The first two boxes were filled with memories that
I collected to keep safe. My Junior Year box felt empty. I removed its lid and
took out the orchard ticket stub, the pictures of the guys wrestling in the
dark, and a dried purple rose. Jared handed me the rose at school the morning
of Sweetest Day. I could only guess what might fill my box the rest of the
year. Will I even make any new friends? How would people react when they saw my
hand? They’d probably think I’m the creepy new girl and be grossed out by my
claw. I took a deep breath and put the box back.
A
piece of paper stuck out from between the pages of one of my books. I tugged it
free and unfolded it. It was a note Jared wrote to me about two months after we
started going out.
Star,
Please
don’t be mad at me for the whole TBH thing. I just didn’t know what to say to
Jan. I shouldn’t have said anything. I like you a lot! You are my girl. I don’t
want anyone else.
Love,
Jared
A
sigh escaped me. I never got the whole TBH—to be honest—thing. You opened
yourself up for drama if you posted a picture with the letters TBH online. A
girl named Jan did that and Jared took the bait. He had to honestly say
something about her, so he commented under the picture that she was cute. My
phone blew up with text messages telling me about it. I cried and sent Jared a
text telling him I wanted to break up. I felt so stupid. The entire student
body of Cedar High knew Jared told another girl she was cute. He slipped me the
note during Algebra class the next day. I forgave him.
TC
Booth was born and raised in a small town in Northeast Ohio where she currently
teaches. She lives with her husband and four children ranging in ages from
13-23. Her pets include one dog named Sammy, and two cats- Sheldon and Sasha.
TC
Booth views books as the best form of entertainment and her escape for life’s
stresses. She prefers reading a book over watching a movie, and writing over
almost any other way to spend her time.
When
not attending her children’s sporting events and running them around, you’ll
see her writing on her laptop, iPad, and even jotting ideas down on her phone
apps.
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