Books by Jon Rakestraw

"The Mostly True Stories of Trudi Hierholzer" is an illustrated biographical fiction book composed of a collection of 10 short stories about a girl growing up. The rite of passage from elementary school to high school for Trudi is fraught with adventure, challenges and just plain craziness. Several times Trudi gets in hot water, other time she's dealing with bullies, and once in a while she dodges a couple of bullets to come out unscathed. Trudi retells these stories and occasionally turns to the reader asking him or her introspective questions about what they would do in a wild and crazy situation. So put on your adventurous thinking cap and dive into the zany episodes of Trudi Hierholzer. Plus, the illustrations have clues to solving a word puzzle. Enjoy!