The Lie Tree (Sale)

In this deliciously creepy novel by the author of the critically acclaimedCuckoo Song, the fruit of a magical tree uncovers dangerous truths

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
An ALA/ALSC Notable Childrens Book and an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten selection

A teenage girl unravels lies and magic to solve her fathers murder in this unforgettable and thought-provoking YA historical fantasy from award-winning novelist Frances Hardinge

Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is modest and well mannereda proper young lady who knows her place. But inside, Faith is burning with questions and curiosity. She keeps sharp watch of her surroundings and, therefore, knows secrets no one suspects her of knowinglike the real reason her family fed Kent to the close-knit island of Vane. And that her fathers death was no accident.

In pursuit of revenge and justice for the father she idolizes, Faith hunts through his possessions, where she discovers a strange tree. A tree that bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it. The fruit, in turn, delivers a hidden truth. The tree might hold the key to her fathers murder. Or, it might lure the murderer directly to Faith herself, for lieslike fires, wild and cracklingquickly take on a life of their own.

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