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Description for The Lie Tree
Paperback. Another deliciously creepy novel from Frances Hardinge, the award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
293g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447264101
SKU
V9781447264101
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
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About Frances Hardinge
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Lie Tree
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 I loved this book so much.
Lucy Mangan Complex and intelligent: a lustrous, delicious ... Read more
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 I loved this book so much.
Lucy Mangan Complex and intelligent: a lustrous, delicious ... Read more