We are thrilled to be revealing the cover for Bridget Farr’s new YA novel, The Truth About Everything, which follows “homeschooled” teenager Lark secretly attending high school, against the wishes of her conspiracy-theorist-Doomsday-prepping parents.
Releasing on October 11th 2022, The Truth About Everything is available to pre-order on Amazon, Book Depository, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, and Indiebound, and pre-orders directly from Jolly Fish Press and North Star Editions currently have 30% off all Fall release pre-orders using code Fall2022 and free shipping when you spend over $100.
SYNOPSIS
Gut a fish. Rewire a truck. Survive the collapse of the US government. All lessons fifteen-year-old Lark has learned during “homeschool” with her conspiracy-theorist-Doomsday-prepping parents. If only she’d also learned the fundamentals of human biology or even how to read. When Lark gets her first period and realizes how much she doesn’t know, she ignores her fears of everything outside their rural Montana farm and secretly attends school for the first time.
At high school, Lark discovers the world is very different than she has been told, from the basics of the internet to government takeovers that never happened. Lark uncovers the holes in her parents’ beliefs and realizes that she must decide her own truth. But it won’t come without sacrifices.
Cover illustrator: Millie Liu / Illustrator’s agency: Astound / Cover designer: Maggie Villaume
Here’s what Bridget had to say on her cover!
“The image that sparked this novel was a girl holding a gutted fish wondering how it breathes, so I was instantly hooked by Millie Liu’s initial sketch of this cover. The revealed gears in place of internal organs combine the protagonist Lark’s mastery of the mechanical world with her ignorance of the physical one. Even though we know the image is wrong, the parts fit so easily together it makes the viewer momentarily question the truth. This cover is beautiful, stark, and a bit unsettling—everything I hope this novel is, too!”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bridget Farr is the middle grade author of BookExpo Buzz Pick Pavi Sharma’s Guide to Going Home (LBYR 2019) and Margie Kelly Breaks the Dress Code (LBYR 2021.) Previously a middle school English teacher, she now serves as a vice principal at a public elementary school. From Montana, she now lives in Austin, TX with her husband, Shiva, and the neighborhood cat, Sherman.
