Sara Black is tiptoeing across a fraying tightrope.
As the new eleventh grader at Anton High–the most elite public school in t... read full description
As the new eleventh grader at Anton High–the most elite public school in t... read full description
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Feb 07, 2012
Reviewed by Lisa Doucet
As Sara begins her new life in Boston, attending a very exclusive and academically intense private school for only the most gifted of students, she has a lot on her mind. First there is her mother’s recent desertion and the scandalous, hurtful circumstances of her departure. Then there is her father and what appears to be a flare up of his obsessive-compulsive disorder. On top of all of that is the arduous workload at Anton High and the awkwardness of trying to More...
As Sara begins her new life in Boston, attending a very exclusive and academically intense private school for only the most gifted of students, she has a lot on her mind. First there is her mother’s recent desertion and the scandalous, hurtful circumstances of her departure. Then there is her father and what appears to be a flare up of his obsessive-compulsive disorder. On top of all of that is the arduous workload at Anton High and the awkwardness of trying to More...
Dec 28, 2010
Jessica
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I really enjoyed this book because it took a completely different spin on the often used private school/popularity storyline. I found it really interesting that the author chose to set this story at a school for geniuses, where the stakes are a bit higher and its each student for themselves as they compete to get into the best colleges. I enjoyed the fact that even though there weren’t the typical cheerleaders or “popular girls,” the social hierarchy remained strong and we saw a new type of mean
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Oct 28, 2010
Samantha
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Little Black Lies
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By: Samantha Rundle
The book “Little Black Lies,” is a teen novel used to express the difficulties of a teenager moving from one city to another. In this book the protagonist, Sara Black, moves schools because her parents went through an awful divorce. Her mother now lives in Paris, and she lives with her father. Her father, Charlie, gets a new job as a janitor at an elite school called “Anton High.” This school is for the all “famous kid More...
Book Review
By: Samantha Rundle
The book “Little Black Lies,” is a teen novel used to express the difficulties of a teenager moving from one city to another. In this book the protagonist, Sara Black, moves schools because her parents went through an awful divorce. Her mother now lives in Paris, and she lives with her father. Her father, Charlie, gets a new job as a janitor at an elite school called “Anton High.” This school is for the all “famous kid More...
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Oct 21, 2010
Karmen
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Sara Black brings another shade of colour into her kind of white lies. Little Black Lies, a novel from Tish Cohen, tells the journey of a domino-effect of fibs told by Sara in an attempt to create a past she never got to have. Wiping the slate clean, she is a new student to prestigious Anton High School, the students informally named “ants”, and given the chance to make friends with popular girl Carling Burnack, with whom Sara shows infatuation for. Meanwhile, the protagonist’s ailing father is
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Jun 16, 2010
Michaela
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Jan 30, 2010
After I read the beginning, I already got the sense of the book’s theme. It is about how one lie can leads to a thousand more. However, the unique difference that I found after I read further on is that, the protagonist, Sara Black’s lies are understandable and I might do the same if I was her. Sara got into a very popular school that is full of wealthy students but sadly, her mother left with another man to French and her OCD father is a janitor. In order to fit in to her environment she tells
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Jan 26, 2010
Michelle
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At the outset it appeared that Little Black Lies was the typical “awkward new student outcast lies to fit in with the popular crowd” story. However, after a few chapters the reader is quick to realize that there is a bit more to the story than just this young girl adjusting to a new school and new friends. The addition of her father’s struggle brings with it the most promise.
I think I’ve mentioned before that books that focus on the father/daughter relationship are important to me. More...
I think I’ve mentioned before that books that focus on the father/daughter relationship are important to me. More...
Oct 27, 2009
Bianca
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Little Black Lies was a wonderful read! It wasn't that hard to get into at all and by the time your halfway through with it, it's hard to put down! First off, I'd like to mention that one of the reasons I was drawn to this book because it takes places in Boston, one of my favorite places and it has to do with a private school -well, technically this school isn't one, but it might as well be. And Tish Cohen does this neat little thing with the chapters, she starts them all out with a quote about
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Aug 13, 2009
Rachael
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Sara Black is so not thrilled about moving. In fact, she’s not too thrilled about her life either. Her mother recently ran away to France with her new boyfriend, and her father’s OCD has been getting worse since her mother left. Now she has to leave behind her best friend and shot at valedictorian in Lundon, Massachusetts when her father takes a job as a janitor at the elite Anton High in Boston. Anton is no ordinary school. Sara’s new classmates make her intelligence look average and live for c
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Aug 09, 2009
Ann
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Ages 12+ (romance, drinking)
Junior Sara Black has just been admitted to Boston's Anton High, one of the most elite and competitive schools in the nation. Despite Sara's off-the-charts smarts, her admittance comes thanks in no small part to her father's new job as janitor at the school. In a school that typically only admits freshmen, a new girl is quite out of the ordinary. Sara begins lying - to hide the fact that she has no money, that her mom just left the family, and that the OC More...
Junior Sara Black has just been admitted to Boston's Anton High, one of the most elite and competitive schools in the nation. Despite Sara's off-the-charts smarts, her admittance comes thanks in no small part to her father's new job as janitor at the school. In a school that typically only admits freshmen, a new girl is quite out of the ordinary. Sara begins lying - to hide the fact that she has no money, that her mom just left the family, and that the OC More...
May 01, 2011
Katherine
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Katherine Ortiz
April 27th 2011 Bye Sara Black, Welcome London.
ELA 702
Ever had to hide who you are to fit into a new environment? Have you ever been so embarrassed about a particular part of your life and past that you'd do anything to hide it beneath the ashes? And have you ever told such a large lie that it wasn't a little white lie, but more ugly, a little black lie? If you have then you will love the book "Little black lies" by Tish Cohen. More...
April 27th 2011 Bye Sara Black, Welcome London.
ELA 702
Ever had to hide who you are to fit into a new environment? Have you ever been so embarrassed about a particular part of your life and past that you'd do anything to hide it beneath the ashes? And have you ever told such a large lie that it wasn't a little white lie, but more ugly, a little black lie? If you have then you will love the book "Little black lies" by Tish Cohen. More...
Jun 04, 2010
By Tish Cohen Pages:320
Little Black Lies by Tish Cohen is about a girl named Sarah who is new student at Anton high school. She doesnt know anyone at that school so she has to start off by making friends. So she starts talking to the "popular kids" and she starts telling them about how her life used to be before she came to this high school. She thinks that her life is boring and that people wouldnt like her if she told them some of the real things that happen in he More...
Little Black Lies by Tish Cohen is about a girl named Sarah who is new student at Anton high school. She doesnt know anyone at that school so she has to start off by making friends. So she starts talking to the "popular kids" and she starts telling them about how her life used to be before she came to this high school. She thinks that her life is boring and that people wouldnt like her if she told them some of the real things that happen in he More...
Apr 06, 2011
Desiree
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this book is great one to read were to start. The book is about the lies and the school of the brains
well it about the group the ants. They are high school for the rich and the the brains
well a little girl name Sara she goes form regular HS kid with mom and dad then Mom come home one day and tell Sara that the divorce is coming and she leave well mom is having a afaair and then
she leaves for Paris well Sara and her dad move to another part of mass and then go More...
well it about the group the ants. They are high school for the rich and the the brains
well a little girl name Sara she goes form regular HS kid with mom and dad then Mom come home one day and tell Sara that the divorce is coming and she leave well mom is having a afaair and then
she leaves for Paris well Sara and her dad move to another part of mass and then go More...
Feb 01, 2012
Camille
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Water dribbles down his face, drips from his chin. I want to wipe it away but I don’t. Instead, I squint in the brightening light, halfway between my old life and my new and smile. - Little Black Lies
Sara, a young girl entering her Jr. year of high school only wants to fit in. She comes from a janitorial father who takes pride in his duties as a cleaner, and a French cuisine mother who seemed to abandon her duties as a mother. Sara finds herself in a new area and a new school with her f More...
Sara, a young girl entering her Jr. year of high school only wants to fit in. She comes from a janitorial father who takes pride in his duties as a cleaner, and a French cuisine mother who seemed to abandon her duties as a mother. Sara finds herself in a new area and a new school with her f More...
Mar 31, 2010
Allison
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It's always a tricky thing when you have a plot that relies so heavily on lies like this. For me, I always get this anticipatory nervousness for the characters at every scene, waiting for them to be revealed. Despite this feeling during Little Black Lies, I really did enjoy the book as a whole.
The setting first of all, is so entertaining. Anton High is a very elite school where nothing less than perfect is good enough. Of course, this provides a whole cast of unique characters while More...
The setting first of all, is so entertaining. Anton High is a very elite school where nothing less than perfect is good enough. Of course, this provides a whole cast of unique characters while More...
Oct 22, 2009
Erica
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Little Black Lies was a light read that a wide range of teens will enjoyable. It's a well written book that is 100% believable. That was one reason I enjoyed it so much, there was never a moment where you were thinking, "That'd never happen."
Each chapter opens with a random fact about ants, which comes from Anton students referring to themselves as "ants". I thought that was so unique! Tish Cohen created a main character you can sympathize for and also connect wi More...
Each chapter opens with a random fact about ants, which comes from Anton students referring to themselves as "ants". I thought that was so unique! Tish Cohen created a main character you can sympathize for and also connect wi More...
Dec 12, 2009
Zinta
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Tish Cohen’s books may be labeled young adult, but I find her work to be easily sophisticated enough for adult reading—certainly for those of us who are parents and may want to delve deeper into the minds of our youth. Cohen’s understanding of those young minds is uncanny. I’ve been a fan since my introduction to Cohen about a year ago, reading Inside Out Girl, and in fact, was inspired to learn more and so interviewed her as feature author for The Smoking Poet at that time. Reading Little Black
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Oct 28, 2009
Debbie
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This story starts off a little slow but eventually picked up as Sara finds herself falling deeper and deeper into her web of lies. This book portrays well the pressure teenagers face when wanting to fit and the lengths they will sometimes go to be a part of the "in crowd". When you first meet Sara she seems like a brat who is ashamed of her dad's job and his OCD tendencies but as you get to know more about her life, how her dad's OCD problems have affected her and what her mother is
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Oct 11, 2009
Yan
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Little Black Lies start out a bit dull for me but developed into something interesting towards the end. In the end this was a good book with a few twists and adorable scenes. We can say this entire book does a great job on the word “karma”. Karma is a bitch isn’t it?
A few white lies, turning to black, and bam, all hell goes loose. This is what Sara goes through. One thing that I really found refreshing is that the main character (Sara) didn’t get away scot free. There are consequence More...
A few white lies, turning to black, and bam, all hell goes loose. This is what Sara goes through. One thing that I really found refreshing is that the main character (Sara) didn’t get away scot free. There are consequence More...
Feb 08, 2010
Lisa
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Sarah has moved to another part of Massachusetts. Her fathers OCD worse than ever is driving her mad. He has accepted a new Job as janitor of a school, only worse, the school Sarah will be attending. O her journey she meets the famous Carling. Her whole life is a lie now, lying to her dad, and her friends.
I can make a text to text connection, in Private by Kate Brian, Reed tells little lies, but in this Sarah's WHOLE life is a lie. Sooner or later they will find out.
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I can make a text to text connection, in Private by Kate Brian, Reed tells little lies, but in this Sarah's WHOLE life is a lie. Sooner or later they will find out.
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Apr 03, 2010
Kristen
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I must say this is probably one of the best realistic fiction books I've read lately. I loved the story - the little lies Sara kept telling to fit in - and how things turned out in the end.
This book has a list of great issues in it - divorce, OCD, starting over, and honesty.
I can't blame Sara for wanting to fit in at the new ritzy school she is attending. Why admit your dad is the OCD janitor, when you can pretend he's a brain surgeon?
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This book has a list of great issues in it - divorce, OCD, starting over, and honesty.
I can't blame Sara for wanting to fit in at the new ritzy school she is attending. Why admit your dad is the OCD janitor, when you can pretend he's a brain surgeon?
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Mar 30, 2011
Heather
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The book "Little Black Lies" is about a girl named Sara Black, and how she lies about her life to fit in at Anton High, a "smart kid" school. Although Sara is a bright student, she is overwhelmed by the tremendous amount of work left by her teachers at the new school. The reason that she had to switch schools is because her father, got a new job as a janitor at Anton High. Her father, Charlie, has OCD and it became worse when her mother left. At her new school, Sara doesn't w
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Feb 01, 2011
Kelsey
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So Little Black Lies? What can I say but that I loved it. It was well written, funny, sad, loveable, it was everything a terrific book should be. The characters were great- well developed with strong personalities and it was hard not to like the main character, even with her lies. Although I liked her, there was always something nagging in the back of my mind about her that I didn’t care for. I didn’t like that she went to such lengths just so people wouldn’t find out she lived in an apartment w
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Jan 28, 2010
Lindsay
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Little Black Lies
By Tish Cohen
Publisher: Egmont USA
# of pages: 320
Age Rating: +12
My Rating: 4 Stars
Where I got it: Won from a contest
Synopsis:
Sara Black is tiptoeing across a fraying tightrope.
As the new eleventh grader at Anton High – the most elite public school in the country – she sticks out like an old VW bus in a parking lot full of shiny BMWs. But being the new kid also brings a certain advantageous anonymity.
In Anton More...
By Tish Cohen
Publisher: Egmont USA
# of pages: 320
Age Rating: +12
My Rating: 4 Stars
Where I got it: Won from a contest
Synopsis:
Sara Black is tiptoeing across a fraying tightrope.
As the new eleventh grader at Anton High – the most elite public school in the country – she sticks out like an old VW bus in a parking lot full of shiny BMWs. But being the new kid also brings a certain advantageous anonymity.
In Anton More...
Feb 12, 2010
Stephanie
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A very interesting setting - a nerd elite public school - one that I would not have though of at all. Little Black Lies is filled with the seemingly never-ending high school drama and ordeal.
I had heard a lot of mixed reviews about this book so I wasn't really sure what to expect when I first started it. Needless to say, I did enjoy it but it was one of those books that you had to read a few chapters to get in to.
Sara started out to me as a nice girl who unfortunately got More...
I had heard a lot of mixed reviews about this book so I wasn't really sure what to expect when I first started it. Needless to say, I did enjoy it but it was one of those books that you had to read a few chapters to get in to.
Sara started out to me as a nice girl who unfortunately got More...
Nov 18, 2009
❀Faye(RTeenBKworm)❀
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Sara Black is tiptoeing across a fraying tightrope.
As the new eleventh grader at Anton High – the most elite public school in the country – she sticks out like an old VW bus in a parking lot full of shiny BMWs. But being the new kid also brings a certain advantageous anonymity.
In Anton High’s world of privilege, intelligence, and wealth, Sara can escape her family’s tarnished past and become whomever she wants.
And what’s the harm in telling a few little black lies when it More...
Oct 21, 2009
Randy
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Crimes and Deceit: Columbine and Little Black Lies
Transitioning between reading books can be difficult, especially when moving from something intensely dark and thick with facts to a far lighter read, such as a young adult (YA) book with a partially pink cover. Or, you may be surprised by their connective tissue.
This week I transitioned from Columbine by Dave Cullen, a deeply disturbing analysis of teenage killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, to Little Black Lies More...
Transitioning between reading books can be difficult, especially when moving from something intensely dark and thick with facts to a far lighter read, such as a young adult (YA) book with a partially pink cover. Or, you may be surprised by their connective tissue.
This week I transitioned from Columbine by Dave Cullen, a deeply disturbing analysis of teenage killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, to Little Black Lies More...
May 16, 2010
BOOK BUTTERFLY
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Imagine you are a teenage girl and your mom runs out on your family. Then your dad transplants you into a new town where you have no friends and are forced to attend the most intimidating prep school on the planet. Oh and by the way, you also have to deal with your dad's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which is rapidly spiraling out of control and made worse by his chosen profession! In Little Black Lies, Sara Black’s whole world is turned upside down when her mom runs away to France. If you were
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Oct 14, 2009
Sara
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I absolutely loved Little Black Lies! The main character, Sara, takes lying to a whole new level, and, while I don't think I could take it as far as she did, Tish Cohen mades it easy for me to understand Sara's actions.
I really appreciate that the author incorporated OCD into the plot. OCD is one of those conditions that everyone knows about, but many people haven't experienced first hand. I could imagine how debilitating it could be for the individual with OCD, but I never really co More...
I really appreciate that the author incorporated OCD into the plot. OCD is one of those conditions that everyone knows about, but many people haven't experienced first hand. I could imagine how debilitating it could be for the individual with OCD, but I never really co More...
Dec 31, 2009
Laura
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In an effort to fit in at her new school, to erase her parent's divorce (and the shame she felt when her mother ran off with the husband of the school's most popular teacher), and to hide her father's OCD, Sara tells some little lies. Black lies, obviously, because they're not the ones we call white lies.
This is one of those wanting-to-be-part-of-the-popular crowd stories, with consequences. Of course the girl she wants to be friends with most, Carling, is also the prettiest and me More...
This is one of those wanting-to-be-part-of-the-popular crowd stories, with consequences. Of course the girl she wants to be friends with most, Carling, is also the prettiest and me More...
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