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    All the Truth That's in Me

    Written by Julie Berry

    Narrated by Kathleen McInerney

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    Four years ago, Judith and her best friend disappeared from their small town of Roswell Station. Two years ago, only Judith returned, permanently mutilated, reviled and ignored by those who were once her friends and family.

    Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her own home, silently pouring out her thoughts to the boy who's owned her heart as long as she can remember-even if he doesn't know it-her childhood friend, Lucas.

    But when Roswell Station is attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her, forever.

    This startlingly original novel will shock and disturb you; it will fill you with Judith's passion and longing; and its mysteries will keep you feverishly turning the pages until the very last.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 1, 1996
    ISBN9781101631232
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    All the Truth That's in Me
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    Julie Berry

    Julie Berry grew up on a farm in western New York as the youngest of a family of seven book-loving kids. She now lives in eastern Massachusetts with her husband, four young sons, and two cats. She is the author of six critically acclaimed books for young readers. All the Truth That’s in Me is her first novel for teens and adults. Visit her at julieberrybooks.com

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    • 4/5
      This book started slowly and it took a while to get used to the writing style but in the end I really enjoyed Judith's voice. She is broken and considered cursed but she is also strong and kind, although she does make mistakes. Judith is basically narrating her story to Lucas, her childhood sweetheart even though she is unable to talk after being mutilated when she was kidnapped four years earlier. The chapters are incredibly short and Judith's past is slowly revealed. Parts of the book are written in the past but most in the present. This is an historical novel, which surprised me, but there is also mystery and a touch of romance. A touching read.
    • 4/5
      Read this YA book in one sitting. Concise, beautiful writing, had me in its grip from beginning to end.
    • 4/5
      4.5 starsThis book was just absolutely amazing.The book is written in second person, odd, but nonetheless amazing.Berry wrought this book in such a way that I cannot describe.The writing was great and wonderfully executed. I don't know how much better it could get.The story takes place in the pilgrim days, I suppose, and is about a girl named Judith.Judith disappeared one day and came back two years later, unable to speak.The book goes back and fourth between present and past, while the second-person writing is directed towards the boy she loves.The book is short, less than 300 pages and is a wonderful one-shot.I did not give it 5 stars because of all the crying it made me do.If this book does not make you feel something, you are one cold-hearted person.Not saying you have to cry, I'm just a crybaby, but it will indeed give you many feels.
    • 4/5
      I liked this book a lot. It was well written and beautiful. It was hard to get started, but really enjoyable at the end. :) I definitely recommend it.
    • 4/5
      Better than expected but it kind of dragged toward the end. I had the mystery answered a few chapters in so it wasn't much if a shock really. At first, I didn't care for the second person voice, but grew accustomed to it as I read. It actually fit the story rather well. I found Judith a wonderful MC; her strength and endurance while faced with cruelty were amazing. I may have to have another read through soon.
    • 5/5
      i don't like historical fiction but i loved this so much i can't even tell you how much i love this book
    • 1/5
      I couldn't finish the book. I read about 60 pages and couldn't bring myself to care anymore. The prose is disjointed and it's hard to tell what's being talked about at times. It was unclear if she was talking about her abuser, her boyfriend, or her father. I like the small bursts of story, but it needs to be more clear. I just gave up and moved on the next book. I expected the book to be set in the present day, so I wasn't really prepared for a Colonial novel.
    • 5/5
      This is a dark book. ALL THE TRUTH THAT'S IN ME follows the story of a girl who has lost her ability to speak in one of the most horrible ways imaginable. And, perhaps the worst part, is that she has returned to a town that fears her. A family that rejects her. And a former best friend, a friend she loves, whom she doesn't quite know how to reach out to.Taking place in a colonial-esque village, Julie Berry's latest is not for the feint of heart. After being kidnapped and maimed, Judith has pretty much accepted her fate as an outcast. But there are problems. There's the fact that the other girl who went missing died, and the town has questions she can't -- or maybe can't bring herself -- to answer. Her mother has told her not to even try to speak, because the sounds she makes are too monstrous. And Judith can't quell her love for the boy who she knows can't love her as she is now. When an attack on her town threatens to destroy the lives of everyone she loves, Judith knows what she has to do. But it won't be easy. And, in the end, it might not only open old wounds but create new questions that she cannot answer.ALL THE TRUTH THAT'S IN ME is frightening. Not just because of the horror, but because of the reality that Judith's story could be anyone's. That this isn't a phenomenon of any specific time period. It is frightening because Judith is a hero who doesn't know her own power, who is easily written off as weak or tragic or freakish. And it is frightening because Julie Berry has written it so beautifully, sparing no detail, leaving nothing out that might reveal the truth of the human heart. This book has already received some fantastic accolades. I hope to see many more.
    • 1/5
      I wanted to like it, I really did. But I hated it. I can't think of a single thing I liked. Boo.
    • 4/5
      Strange, original, compelling and intense, I found this book, said to YA, very addicting. Second person narrative, shortish comments and thoughts and yet wonderful. The book does actually name a time period, but it has the tone of The Scarlet Letter, also women called Goody and the stocks for punishment, so this novel is set in the very judgmental Puritan times.Judith is a wonderful character, a strong young woman with an unquenchable spirit. While reading this I often thought I knew what was going on, but I was only partly right, there were still surprises to be found. An interesting story, told about a very hypocritical time, a time that did not favor women or for that matter anyone that was different. Judith is different but not because of her own actions but because of what she has suffered. There was a bit of melodrama to the ending, but due to the target audience of this book it was very fitting. All is answered and all is explained. Sometimes having a voice is a very important asset and I loved how this author used hers in writing this novel.
    • 3/5
      In an unnamed historical time (felt like The Scarlet Letter or The Crucible in terms of timeframe), Judith disappeared from her small town and returned after two years. She couldn't tell anyone where she had been because her captor cut out her tongue. In her church-guided community, she is a pariah but she hears and sees more than anyone realizes. And of course, there's a boy. Although interesting, I didn't wholeheartedly love it.
    • 4/5
      I liked this story more than I thought I would. I do not generally go for books that contain abuse and mutilation. However, this is the story of Judith and the boy she has loved her enitre life. Judith is kidnapped when she is 14 and returns 2 years later, mutilated and sworn to secrecy by her attacker. Her family is threatened so she does not tell where she has been or who abducted her. Upon her return she is treated as if she does not exist. Her mother does not comfort her, after she discovers the mutilation. Judith is forbidden to speak, to anyone at any time. She tries to move forward and forget the time she spent captive, but when the town is threatened with war, there is only one person who could possibly help save her town. The man who abducted her. The one who mutilated her.Judith finds out that she has not loved her friend Lucas in vain. He returns her sentiments, but can their love survive charges of treason and betrayal? The ending of the book will surprise you. I did not see the plot twist coming. A good read and well worth the time.
    • 4/5
      Judith's life was forever changed when her best friend was murdered, and Judith herself was abducted by a man most believed to be dead - the father of the boy she loves. When invaders threaten their small community Judith, who returned two years ago but whose tongue is damaged, must decide how and when to break her silence about the events that happened.The story is written from Judith's perspective as she has an internal monologue speaking to "you," who is in fact Lucas, the young man she has loved all her life. Chapters are short and headed with Roman numerals, with sometimes several on one two-page spread. The writing very much captures what Judith is feeling and you can imagine her heartbreaks, joy, and confusion throughout. The "historical fiction" part of the book has me stymied, as it certainly seems to be set in a sort of pioneer time past, but in a location that I was unfamiliar with. The "homelanders" invading don't sound like any part of history with which I'm familiar, and there were few period details that I've come to expect from that genre.
    • 4/5
      When reading the blurb for this book I never thought it would be historical fiction. This book tells the story of Judith Finch who has returned home after disappearing without a trace four years ago. She comes home mutilated and unable to speak. Eventually, Judith is able to work through her fears and find her voice. This is powerful story, with a strong heroine who shows amazing strength and perseverance. Enjoyed this book, it was well plotted and original. 4 stars!
    • 4/5
      As I endeavor never to lie to you kind folks who stop by and read my thoughts, I have to say I was really having second thoughts about reading All the Truth That's in Me when it was put into Sadie Hawkins. I'd heard rumors of dialect, and, though I've enjoyed a couple of books written in dialect, it's still not really my thing. The style of it generally scared me off. However, All the Truth That's in Me ended up being a really rewarding and unique literary experience.I really do feel like All the Truth That's in Me is an excellent novel, well-written and perfectly atmospheric. The dialect really isn't strong at all, kept to a minimum and conveyed more with phrasing and the occasional word, like "hisself" for example. The language is kept pretty simple, which generally annoys me, but works well here. Judith isn't well-educated, and she was reticent even before her tongue was cut out.Oh, right. Yeah, her tongue was cut out, so she's mute. Did I forget to mention that? Judith is, I think, unique among YA heroines in that her tongue has been cut out. How intense is that? She was kidnapped and mutilated. This aspect is what I liked best about All the Truth That's in Me. It's dark, hard, and not sugar coated in the least, yet there's still a sense of hope.See, Judith had pretty much given up on herself, and was beginning to believe what others said: that she's dumb. With the outbreak of battle, though, Judith throws herself into action to rescue the boy she's loved since childhood. To do so, she has to confront her captor, and sets in motion events that will force her to learn to speak up for herself or else. Like Speak and The Girl in the Park, All the Truth That's in Me centers on the importance of finding your voice.The mystery of who kidnapped Judith and what happened to her there, as well as who murdered Lottie, who disappeared just before Judith did, is really well done. The first fifty pages or so of the novel are really confusing, told in snippets of past and present all jumbled up, but it really does come together, and, once I got used to it, the jumps didn't feel unnatural at all. The way Berry wove everything together really did impress me.There is some romance, but it does not overwhelm the larger arc. At first, I really didn't like it, because Judith is quite the little stalker. By the end, though, Berry had me sold on it. For one thing, I'm a real sucker for heroines who aren't gorgeous or who have disabilities finding love just like the model beautiful ones do. What Judith went through was not her doing and does not make her unlovable, though perhaps her own sense of being unlovable might if she gives into it. Lucas, her crush and love interest, is a really sweet guy, and hurrah for more of these sorts of guys cropping up in young adult fiction these days.Still, though I liked the writing for the most part, second person narratives really don't work for me. The whole of All the Truth That's in Me is written this way. The you in question is Lucas. Unless a story is written in a diary format, epistolary, or breaking the fourth wall, I just do not comprehend the point of second person. For me, I'm thrown out of the text every single time I come across the word you in the narration, because I know it's not me. Plus, it has the disconcerting effect of putting me in two roles at once: looking through Judith's eyes, but also cast as Lucas, which was a bit dizzying. Presumably there was a reason for this, but, whatever it was, this is not a style that is effective for the sort of reader I happen to be.The other aspect that left me a bit disappointed were the historical elements. Not much was really made of the history, and it all felt overly vague to me. I kept trying to place the novel in time and location, but never really got close.All told, All the Truth That's in Me is a powerful, highly original novel and I recommend it highly, particularly to readers with more patience for second person narration.
    • 4/5
      I was a first reads winner and received an ARC of this book


      This book's style is similar to a diary. Entries will be in the present and some are memories. You are drawn on by little tidbits of information that show you the bigger picture slowly but surely. Judith used to be an active part of her village. One day she was taken, a few days later another girl was taken. The other was found dead in the river while she came back alive two years later. No one will speak to her or utter her name. She cannot speak anymore.This book tells you why.
    • 4/5
      Innovative in structure, beautiful use of language and white space. Engaging and thrilling. Recommend to readers of Nova Ren Suma's 17 & GONE, and Franny Billingsley's CHIME
    • 4/5
      This was a stay-up-till-2am read for me. Really well-written with an amazing use of the second-person. That's hard to do well, but it worked for me. It would have been 5 stars but I figured out the twist about 80% of the way through.Loved the protagonist, the supporting characters were well developed and believable. Fabulous book, highly recommended!
    • 4/5
      Bleak, but compelling and not the story I thought it was going to be. Quality historical fiction set in the early colonial days. If you liked Revolver, try this one out.
    • 5/5
      It has been four years since Judith disappeared from Roswell Station with her best friend and a mere two since she returned permanently mutilated. In those two years the village had searched relentlessly for Judith, hoping against hope for her safe return despite the discovery of her best friend’s body. The world to which Judith returns is a much harsher place and after a brief joy the reality of her reunion sets in for her. Unable to speak and reviled by the puritanical society that once called Judith friend and family, Judith’s wanders the town like a phantom unable to speak with her voice existing solely in the outpouring of love to her childhood friend, Lucas. Lucas no longer sees the girl he once played with, and like the villagers around him seemingly condemns Judith with his own silence about her mistreatment in the village. Lucas’ impending marriage to the village beauty and threats from the sea force Judith to consider the price of her own silence as she comes to see that recovering her voice has the potential to alter her world forever. As each trauma is revealed the reader comes to know who Judith once was as she rediscovers her identity in a world from which her absence is desired and ultimately encouraged. Is it possible to break the silence having been physically and mentally silenced?