And Then I Found Out the Truth

June 15, 2010

In this sequel to And Then Everything Unraveled (2009), Delia is starting to adapt to life in New York City and finds the task made a little easier by the presence of her new best friend, Natalie, and romantic interest, Quinn. Though she's flunking physics, Delia's not focused on raising her grades. Instead, she's concentrating on stopping a plot to murder her mother, who is hiding from her enemies in South America. She's also worried that Quinn's father is in on the murder plot. Guided by a psychic friend, Delia packs a bag and makes a last-minute trip to Argentina, where she and Quinn join forces in an attempt to take down Quinn's father, a woman who tried to have Delia killed and one of her mother's high-ranking employees. Delia's story reads like Gossip Girl meets Nancy Drew. Surrounded by wacky-yet-loyal friends and family, Delia collects clues to her mother's whereabouts and solves the mystery. The primary and secondary plots are tightly written, moving the mystery forward in every chapter and wrapping up the story lines in the final pages. (Mystery. 12 & up)

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July 1, 2010
Gr 8–10—-n "And Then Everything Unraveled"(Scholastic, 2009), Delia Truesdale's mother disappeared. The teen now knows that she is alive and well, but is stuck in Argentina. She won't be able to come back to the United States until they can find out who was after her. Delia's investigations are now leading her in a direction she doesn't want to go. She knows that her mother had been looking into a conspiracy involving several oil companies when she disappeared and now her own research has put her life in danger. While sharing the truth about her mother being alive with only a few friends, a private investigator, and a psychic, Delia must face the painful possibility behind her most promising lead, which seems to involve her boyfriend's father. Delia's dilemmas are explained with enough detail to make sense to those unfamiliar with the first book.—"Betsy Fraser, Calgary Public Library, Alberta, Canada"

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May 1, 2010
Grades 7-10 This follow-up to And Then Everything Unraveled (2009) resumes teen Delias search for her missing mother. Still under the care of her very different Manhattan aunts, Delia continues to chase down clues while attending private school and crushing over classmate Quinn, whose father is increasingly implicated in an Antarctic oil-scouting plot organized by sinister characters who are threatening both Delia and her mothers survival. Newcomers will likely be lost, but fans of the first book will find all the same rewards here: quirky characters, Gossip Girlworthy label dropping, a dreamy love interest, and a mystery that ties up with happy surprises.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)