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The Lie Tree
The Lie Tree
paperback
Published:
22 March, 2018
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Description
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year
'I can't think of anyone who would not love this story' – Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library
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 . . .
'Dark, thrilling, utterly original' – Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls
Prizes
Winner of Costa Book of the Year Award 2016 (UK),Winner of Costa Children's Book Award 2016 (UK),Winner of UKLA 12-16+ Category 2016 (UK),Short-listed for British Book Awards: Children's Book of the Year 2016 (UK),Short-listed for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2016 (UK),Short-listed for YA Book Prize 2016 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781509868162 |
| ISBN10 | 150986816X |
| Number Of Pages | 432 |
| Item Weight | 294 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 197 x 27 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
The Lie Tree is brilliant: dark, thrilling, utterly original. Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now. -- Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls
The Lie Tree is a wonder. I can't think of anyone who would not love this story. -- Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library and The Life Impossible
I loved this book so much. -- Lucy Mangan
Complex and intelligent: a lustrous, delicious romp. -- Philip Womack * The Telegraph *
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Author's 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.