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The Facts Speak for Themselves
Brock Cole
 
 Ages: 14–17
Grades: 9–12
Pages: 178
An uncompromising look at a sexually active adolescent adrift in a world where she is neither victim nor fool.
“The subject is a white female, age thirteen. Her score on the standard Stanford-Binet puts her in the low-average quarter of her age group. She appears to be in good physical health. She is small for her age, but sturdily built. She reports that her first onset of menses occurred seven months ago. Her periods are scanty and irregular. A long history of sexual abuse …”

Offended by her social worker’s report, above, Linda decides to tell her own version of her life and circumstances. The Facts Speak for Themselves is Linda’s story, an uncompromising look at a sexually active adolescent adrift in a world where she is more responsible than the adults around her.

Honors
Deutsche Jungendliteraturpreis Nominee
National Book Award Finalist
ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers
Best Children's Book —Publishers Weekly
Editors' Choice —Booklist
Reviews
“Cole’s most powerful novel to date.”
     —New York Times Book Review
“Not only about the resilience of the human spirit and resourcefulness of children: this astonishing novel also leaves us haunted by its profound message of expiation and renewal.”
     —San Franciso Chronicle
“A fierce, unforgettable analysis of how children are made or broken or somehow survive.”
     —Chicago Tribune
“Pushes the envelope of children’s literature.”
     —Booklist
“A complex character of great emotional subtlety.”
     —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“Brilliantly crafted.”
     —Kirkus Reviews
about the author
Brock Cole is an award-winning children’s author as well as a noted artist and illustrator. His latest novel, The Facts Speak for Themselves, is an honest, uncompromising portrait of adolescent life from an author with a startling ability to capture the poignant and confusing reality of today’s youth.

Brock Cole’s The Goats was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Book, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and a Booklist Children’s Editor’s Choice. The New York Times Book Review praised it as “a beautifully written and persuasive first novel,” and the Chicago Sun-Times called it “one of the best novels of the year.” His second novel, Celine, was called “a masterful novel” by School Library Journal which named it a Best Book of the Year. It was also named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Booklist Editor’s Choice, a Booklist Best Book of the 80’s, and a Publishers Weekly Notable Childrens Book of the Year. Brock Cole lives in Buffalo, NY.