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Author:

Hardinge, Frances, author.

Title:

The lie tree / Frances Hardinge.

Publisher:

Macmillan Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

409 pages ; 20 cm

Subject:

Trees--Fiction.
Fruit--Fiction.
Truth--Fiction.
Honesty--Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Sex role--Fiction.
Fathers--Death--Fiction.
Fathers--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Islands--Fiction.
Deception--Fiction.
Truth--Fiction.
Honesty--Fiction.
Identity--Fiction.
Mystery and detective stories.
Sex role--Fiction.
Fathers--Death--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--19th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Teen fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Teenage Fiction.

Notes:

"Costa Book of the Year 2015" -- cover.

Summary:

Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree only grows healthy and bears fruit if you whisper a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes it. The bigger the lie, the more people who believe it, the bigger the truth that is uncovered. The girl realizes that she is good at lying and that the tree might hold the key to her father's murder, so she begins to spread untruths far and wide across her small island community. But as the tree bears more and more fruit, she discovers something terrifying - that her lies were closer to the truth than she could ever have imagined ...

ISBN:

144726410X
9781447264101

OCLC:

(OCoLC)910911015

Locations:

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)