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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158600003321

Autore

Hardinge Frances

Titolo

The lie tree / / Frances Hardinge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Amulet Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1613128991

9781613128992

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages)

Classificazione

JUV037000JUV028000JUV000000

Disciplina

813.6

Soggetti

Sex role

Fathers - Death

Trees

Truthfulness and falsehood

Fruit

Paranormal fiction

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Juvenile fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: In one piece -- Chapter 2: Vane -- Chapter 3: Bull cove -- Chapter 4: the sepulchral cavern -- Chapter 5: Skulls and crinolines -- Chapter 6: Yellow eyes -- Chapter 7: A creeping frost -- Chapter 8: A stained character -- Chapter 9: Confession -- Chapter 10: The sea cave -- Chapter 11: The horseshoe -- Chapter 12: Time stops -- Chapter 13: False picture -- Chapter 14: The funeral -- Chapter 15: Lies and the tree -- Chapter 16: Angry spirit -- Chapter 17: A ghost-killer gun -- Chapter 18: A sibling quarrel -- Chapter 19: Gentlemen callers -- Chapter 20: A smiler in the wood -- Chapter 21: Spontaneous combustion -- Chapter 22: The chisel in the crack -- Chapter 23: Infiltration -- Chapter 24: Tremors -- Chapter 25: Riding the beast -- Chapter 26: Teeth -- Chapter 27: Silence like a knife -- Chapter 28: White eyes and shivered skin -- Chapter 29: Myrtle -- Chapter 30: A tiny death -- Chapter 31: Winterbourne -- Chapter 32: An exorcism -- Chapter 33: The powder and the spark -- Chapter 34: The widow --



Chapter 35: Survival and the fittest -- Chapter 36: Evolution.

Sommario/riassunto

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 . . .