![]() ![]() I can't think of anyone who would not love this story' Matt Haig, author of The Humans. 'Brilliant, dark, thrilling, utterly original' Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls. The Lie Tree: Illustrated Edition is packed full of gorgeous black and white illustrations by triple Kate Greenaway Medal winning-illustrator, Chris Riddell, author of the Goth Girl and Ottoline series. But inside Faith is burning with questions and curiosity. ![]() To most people she is modest and well manneredâa proper young lady who knows her place. ![]() Faith's search for the tree leads her into great danger - for where lies seduce, truths shatter. The Lie Tree description : To earn a secret so profound I would need to tell momentous lies and make as many people as possible believe themâ¦Faith Sunderly leads a double life. Tales of a strange tree which, when told a lie, will uncover a truth: the greater the lie, the greater the truth revealed to the liar. And so it is that she discovers her disgraced father's journals, filled with the scribbled notes and theories of a man driven close to madness. Faith has a thirst for science and secrets that the rigid confines of her class cannot suppress. All knowledge - any knowledge - called to Faith, and there was a delicious, poisonous pleasure in stealing it unseen. Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015, The Lie Tree is a dark and powerful novel from universally acclaimed author, Frances Hardinge, and illustrated by Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell. Parents need to know that The Lie Tree, by Frances Hardinge, is a Victorian fantasy/mystery featuring a resourceful female teen sleuth.The novel was selected as the 2015 Costa Book of the Year these awards are given to the most outstanding books by authors based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ![]()
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