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Birthdate: 1947-12-15
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Places of residence: Birmingham, Alabama, USA (birth)
Spokane, Washington, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
Education: University of Washington (BA/Creative Writing)
Eastern Washington University (MS Applied Psychology & MFA Creative Writing)
Occupations: novelist
poet
teacher
Organizations: The Great Stories Club
Awards and honors: Inside Out was named a 2005 IRA Young Adults' Choice. 2001 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award for Stuck in Neutral. IRA/CBC Young Adults’ Choice award for Cruise Control. New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age.
Agent: Balkin Buddies, Catherine Balkin (718)-857-7805
Short biography: Terry Trueman was born on December 15, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, but grew up in Seattle. He attended the University of Washington, where he received his B.A. in creative writing. He also has an M.S. in applied psychology and an M.F.A. in creative writing, both from Eastern Washington University. The father of two sons, Henry and Jesse, Terry Trueman makes his home in Spokane, Washington, where he has lived since 1974. Trueman's hobbies include his Sea Ray boat and his 1976 Corvette Stingray, and his Corvette, firy red! One of his heroes is poet Charles Bukowski. He considers Terry Davis and Chris Crutcher two invaluable mentors.

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Inside Out by Terry Trueman

I like this book, great story but I'll be honest wasn't that fond of the ending. Through out the book there was this intensity that kept me looking forward to what will happen to the main characters but once I reached the end I just felt as if it let me kinda of disappointed. This is why I give it 4 stars, great story just an ok ending and I would still recommend it to any of my friends.

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Enid007 | 16 other reviews | Apr 11, 2024 |

Stuck in Neutral (Stuck in Neutral, 1) by Terry Trueman

This is a short book, but I still didn't finish it. I was too disturbed by the thought that the author maybe wanted to kill his own son and was using this novel as a way of working through that.

Also, and this is kind of strange, the first few chapters reminded me of [b: Bud, Not Buddy|368468|Bud, Not Buddy|Christopher Paul Curtis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388377422l/368468._SY75_.jpg|358453] because the narrators in both are kids in a terrible situation who are just so darn upbeat about everything. And by "upbeat" I don't mean optimistic, I mean they use a lot of whimsical expression punctuated with exclamation points like "Golly!" and "Gee whiz!"

Trigger warning: the main character calls himself a "retardate" and says he's a "real retard" and a "total retard" as if that is an acceptable label for someone with CP.… (more)

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LibrarianDest | 87 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |

Inside Out by Terry Trueman

Oh man, that last page got me crying. The entire book was so good to read, I read it in a single sitting. I was holding onto every single word, anxiously waiting to see what would happen next, and the book didn't let me down despite how sad I felt by the last page.

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ReubenWoods | 16 other reviews | Dec 29, 2023 |

Inside Out by Terry Trueman

CW: Suicide (off page)

3.5 Stars

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Mrs_Tapsell_Bookzone | 16 other reviews | Feb 14, 2023 |

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