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* CoolAunt: Truly's Aunt True.

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Absolutely Truly is a [[MiddleGradeLiterature Middle School-aged]] [[MysteryFiction Mystery]] novel by Heather Vogel Frederick, and the first book in her Pumpkin Falls Mystery series.

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Absolutely Truly [[quoteright:314:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/absolutely_truly.jpg]]

''Absolutely Truly''
is a [[MiddleGradeLiterature Middle School-aged]] [[MysteryFiction Mystery]] novel by Heather Vogel Frederick, and the first book in her Pumpkin Falls Mystery series.
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The book was released on November 4th, 2014.

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The book was released on November 4th, 2014.
2014. It has a sequel, ''Literature/YoursTruly''.
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* AlliterativeName: One of Truly's classmates is named '''S'''cooter '''S'''anchez.
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* CloseKnitCommunity: Pumpkin Falls. Most of the townsfolk know each other quite well, and they have history with each other.
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* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoilers: Belinda Winchester invested the money she made as a school lunch lady quite well, and now she has a lot of money. Enough to help the Lovejoys pay to keep the bookstore.]]

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* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoilers: [[spoiler: Belinda Winchester invested the money she made as a school lunch lady quite well, and now she has a lot of money. Enough to help the Lovejoys pay to keep the bookstore.]]
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* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoilers: Belinda Winchester invested the money she made as a school lunch lady quite well, and now she has a lot of money. Enough to help the Lovejoys pay to keep the bookstore.]]
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* GossipyHen: Ella Bellow, Pumpkin Falls' resident postmistress, likes sticking her nose in other peoples' business.

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* GossipyHen: GossipyHens: Ella Bellow, Pumpkin Falls' resident postmistress, likes sticking her nose in other peoples' business.
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* CoolAunt: Truly's Aunt True.


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* GossipyHen: Ella Bellow, Pumpkin Falls' resident postmistress, likes sticking her nose in other peoples' business.
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* HookHand: Truly's dad's prosthetic has this. It tends to scare Pippa.

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* HookHand: Truly's dad's first prosthetic has this. It tends to scare Pippa. Luckily, her older siblings help her get over it by comparing it to Captain Hook's.
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* CrazyCatLady: Belinda. Some cats actually pop out of her clothes at times.

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* CrazyCatLady: Belinda.Belinda Winchester is Pumpkin Falls' resident cat lady. Some cats actually pop out of her clothes at times.
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* CrazyCatLady: Belinda. Some cats actually pop out of her clothes at times.
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* SweetieGraffiti: Truly finds a number of these inside the covered bridge. Scooter tries to add some mocking Truly and Lucas, but is stopped by the science teacher.

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* SweetieGraffiti: Truly finds a number of these inside the covered bridge.bridge on a field trip to the frozen waterfall. Scooter tries to add some mocking Truly and Lucas, but is stopped by the science teacher.
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* SweetieGraffiti: Truly finds a number of these inside the covered bridge. Scooter tries to add some mocking Truly and Lucas, but is stopped by the science teacher.
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* BabyOfTheBunch: Pippa is the youngest child of the Lovejoys.

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* BabyOfTheBunch: TheBabyOfTheBunch: Pippa is the youngest child of the Lovejoys.
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* BabyOfTheBunch: Pippa is the youngest child of the Lovejoys.
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* DisappearedDad: Lucas Winthrop's dad died some time ago, motivating his mother to become rather overprotective of him.
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* HookHand: Truly's dad's prosthetic has this. It tends to scare Pippa.
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* DisappointedInYou: Truly's mother says this to her when she sees Truly failed a math test.[[note]]Truly was so bummed about her dad and the move that she couldn't concentrate[[\note]]

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* DisappointedInYou: Truly's mother says this to her when she sees Truly failed a math test.[[note]]Truly was so bummed about her dad and the move that she couldn't concentrate[[\note]]concentrate[[/note]]
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* DisappointedInYou: Truly's mother says this to her when she sees Truly failed a math test.[[note]]Truly was so bummed about her dad and the move that she couldn't concentrate[[note]]

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* DisappointedInYou: Truly's mother says this to her when she sees Truly failed a math test.[[note]]Truly was so bummed about her dad and the move that she couldn't concentrate[[note]]concentrate[[\note]]
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* ArtificialLimb: Truly's dad got a prosthetic limb to replace his right arm. It doesn't get him out of his funk, which isn't helped by the fact that it has a hook instead of a hand.


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* DisappointedInYou: Truly's mother says this to her when she sees Truly failed a math test.[[note]]Truly was so bummed about her dad and the move that she couldn't concentrate[[note]]
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* FamilyBusiness: Truly's family has been running Pumpkin Falls' bookstore for generations. According to Truly, they've run it since before UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.
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* HowWeGotHere: The book begins with Truly hanging upside-down in a church steeple, facing a bell, before rewinding back to the beginning of the story.
* MyBelovedSmother: Lucas' mother, Mrs. Winthrop, who came to school to give him a pair of mittens because she was afraid he'd get cold, even when he already had a pair.
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* AffectionateNickname: Since she was the middle child of the family, Truly's dad used to call her Truly-In-The-Middle. That changed after his arm got blown off.
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* YouthfulFreckles: Truly and her cousin Mackenzie have these.
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* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Truly has this opinion of Pumpkin Falls. Then she finds the letter.
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* DadTheVeteran: Truly's father is a Lieutenant Colonel in the army.
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Absolutely Truly is a [[MiddleGradeLiterature Middle School-aged]] [[MysteryFiction Mystery]] novel by Heather Vogel Frederick, and the first book in her Pumpkin Falls Mystery series.

Truly Lovejoy is a six-foot-tall twelve-year-old girl and middle child of the Lovejoy family. All her life, Truly has been the new kid in school thanks to her dad's job as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, and has had to deal with being the tallest girl with big feet. When she and her family moved to Texas, however, she thought she would be staying there for good, and was over the moon with joy at the idea because her [=BFF=] cousin was there.

Then her father lost his right arm to an explosive in the Middle East.

When he got home, he was a changed man. He gave up his original plans for when he retired from the army, and when his parents decided to retire from running the bookstore in their hometown of Pumpkin Falls, the Lovejoys end up moving there, which Truly is [=NOT=] happy about.

However, while working in her family's store, Truly comes across an unsent letter in a copy of Charlotte's Web that leads her on an adventure she never thought she would have in such a small town.

The book was released on November 4th, 2014.

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!!Pumpkin Falls contains examples of:
* AnArmAndALeg: Truly's father lost his right arm to an [=IED=] ('''I'''mprovised '''E'''xplosive '''D'''evice) in the Middle East.
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