The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

[Anna, LoP BOTM & R2R mod]

Greetings Lovers of Paranormal!

What if you wished to uncover your father's murderer? And you were delivered a magical tree that could tell you those kinds of truths? But only by first telling lies and making people believe it?

What if you discovered you were really good at lying? And that the bigger the lies, the closer you got to the truth about who killed your father? The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge tells just such a supernatural tale.



This book is YA-friendly.

Here's the book description:

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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Be epic!

Anna Erishkigal
LoP BOTM-MOD