Because of Mr. Terupt

An NPR Backseat Book Club Selection An E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book An Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award Winner An Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Winner A Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Award Winner A Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Winner A Nebraska Golden Sower Book Award Winner An Iowa Children’s Choice Book Award Winner A Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Winner Nominated for 17 State Book Awards “Even the accident toward which this novel is inevitably headed is no accident; it is as masterfully set up and skillfully concealed as the rest of this riveting story.” —John Irving “This powerful and emotional story is likely to spur discussion.“—Publishers Weekly “No one is perfect in this feel-good story, but everyone benefits, including sentimentally inclined readers.“—Kirkus Reviews “Compelling… . Readers will find much to ponder on the power of forgiveness.“—Booklist

Rob Buyea taught third and fourth graders for six years; then he taught high school biology and coached wrestling for seven years. Currently, he is a full-time writer and lives in Massachusetts with his wife and daughters. He is the author of the Perfect Score series. His first novel, Because of Mr. Terupt, was selected as an E. B. White Read Aloud Honor Book and a Cybils Honor Book. It also won seven state awards and was named to numerous state reading lists. Mr. Terupt Falls Again and Saving Mr. Terupt are companion novels to Because of Mr. Terupt.