@article{1471187, author = {Konigsberg, Bill,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1471187}, title = {The porcupine of truth /}, abstract = {Seventeen-year-old Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives.}, recid = {1471187}, pages = {325 pages ;}, }