num_pages: 256
description: A half Asian and half white teen navigates a summer of woe and love in this utterly relatable novel that Meg Cabot calls "A funny, touching read that will leave you craving more."  Half Asian and half white, Patty Ho has never felt completely home in her skin. Things get worse when a Chinese fortune-teller channels Patty's future via her belly button...and divines a white guy on her romance horizon. Faster than Patty can add two plus two, her ultra-strict Taiwanese mom freaks out and ships her off to math camp at Stanford. Just as Patty writes off her summer of woe, life starts glimmering will all kinds of possibilities.... Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies) is a fresh and witty contemporary novel about finding yourself, perfect for fans of Mitali Perkins and Carolyn Mackler. 
language: English
title: Nothing But the Truth
titlecomplete: Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies)
genres: Young Adult Contemporary, Asian Literature, Young Adult, Teen, Fiction, Chick Lit, Cultural, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 1304
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
category: Youth Literature
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers