| Phys Descr |
377 pages ; 22 cm |
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Originally published in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Children's Books, 2015 |
| Summary |
Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is modest and well mannered - a proper young lady who knows her place. But inside, Faith is burning with questions and curiousity. She keeps sharp watch of her surroundings and, therefore, knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing - like the real reason her family fed Kent to the close-knit island of Vane. And that her father's death was no accident. In pursuit of revenge and justice for the father she idolizes, Faith hunts through his possessions, where she discovers a strange tree. A tree that bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it. The fruit, in turn, delivers a hidden truth. The tree might hold the key to her father's murder. Or, it might lure the murderer directly to Faith herself, for lies - like fires, wild and crackling - quickly take on a life of their own |
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860L lexile |
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Sentence length: 4 (hard) Word frequency: 3 (medium) Lexile |
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Reading Counts 5.6 |
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Costa Book Award for Children's Book, 2015 |
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Costa Book of the Year, 2015 |
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Andre Norton Award Nominee for Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, 2016 |
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Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Award, 2016 |
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Carnegie Medal Nominee, 2016 |
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YA Book Prize Nominee, 2016 |
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YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2017 |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 17.0 180945 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction
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Fathers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction
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Young adult fiction
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Detective and mystery stories
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction |
| OCLC # |
921864124 |
| ISBN # |
9781419718953 |
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1419718959 |
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9781419726415 |
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1419726412 |
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