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Latest revision as of 03:55, 10 January 2026
1997 novel by Janet Tashjian
Tru Confessions is the first novel by children’s book author Janet Tashjian. It is published by Henry Holt and Company; the paperback is published by Square Fish, an imprint of Macmillan. The novel is written in a format of a diary inputted on a computer and uses lists and illustrations.
The novel has been translated into several languages and was adapted into a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name starring Clara Bryant and Shia LaBeouf.
Trudy is a twelve-year-old girl who both wants to have her own television show and ‘cure’ her developmentally disabled brother Eddie.
Reception and awards
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The novel received positive reviews. Publishers Weekly in their starred review praises the truthful reflection of the experience of having a mentally-impaired sibling and unique digital diary format and states “Middle-graders will laugh their way through Tru’s poignant and clever take on everyday life”.[1] Kirkus Reviews‘ review praised the characters and plot.[2]
The novel was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, and a Women’s National Book Association Judy Lopez Memorial Honor Book, won the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award,[3] and nominated for the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award on the Master List.
