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The Lie Tree

The Lie Tree

by Frances Hardinge (Author)

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    Unabridged 2015

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Synopsis

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. 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 her tales spiral out of control, she discovers that where lies seduce, truths shatter ...

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More Information

Format: Unabridged
 Pages: 416
 Edition: Unabridged
 Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 07 May 2015
ISBN 10: 144726410X
ISBN 13: 9781447264101
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: A deliciously creepy novel from Frances Hardinge, the award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night
 Prizes: Winner of Costa Children's Book Award 2015 and Costa Book of the Year 2015. Shortlisted for Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2015.

Media Reviews
The Lie Tree is brilliant: dark, thrilling, utterly original. Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now. -- Patrick Ness
Author Bio
Frances Hardinge spent a large part of her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly by Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. She has been nominated for, and won several other awards, being shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for Cuckoo Song and winning the coveted Costa Book of the Year Award for The Lie Tree.