Alex has one last chance to stay out of the reformatory-to move in with his grandparents in a remote Oregon town and keep out of trouble for a year. He has grown up with an alcoholic mother whose chief talent is for lying ("She could say anything, and you'd believe her"), and he is so used to her erratic ways that regular breakfasts, friends and farm chores at his grandparents' are amazing to him. Morris could have stopped here with a happy ending, but she doesn't let Alex escape quite so easily. By accident, Alex starts a forest fire, and he can't bring himself to own up to it. Then a Walkman and a motorcycle disappear, and everyone blames him. This story isn't easy to read, yet its ultimately uplifting message is about not giving up, even if the life you get is not what you would have chosen. Authoritatively depicted, the stark beauty and small-town life of rural Oregon form a strong backdrop to a tale with the ring of truth. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
Liar
Now at 14 Alex has a chance-maybe his last chance-to make a fresh start at his grandparents' farm.
“There are no easy answers in Winifred Morris's highly readable novel Liar, which tells the truth about young Alex Shafer, troubled and in trouble-with the law, his school, his family. Hemmed in by the lies he is told and the lies he tells himself,
Alex often does the wrong, heart-wrenching thing. But you'll find yourself cheering him on as the author captures all the desperations and desires of being young and hurting.”-Robert Cormier
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers
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“There are no easy answers in Winifred Morris's highly readable novel Liar, which tells the truth about young Alex Shafer, troubled and in trouble-with the law, his school, his family. Hemmed in by the lies he is told and the lies he tells himself,
Alex often does the wrong, heart-wrenching thing. But you'll find yourself cheering him on as the author captures all the desperations and desires of being young and hurting.”-Robert Cormier
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers
Liar
Now at 14 Alex has a chance-maybe his last chance-to make a fresh start at his grandparents' farm.
“There are no easy answers in Winifred Morris's highly readable novel Liar, which tells the truth about young Alex Shafer, troubled and in trouble-with the law, his school, his family. Hemmed in by the lies he is told and the lies he tells himself,
Alex often does the wrong, heart-wrenching thing. But you'll find yourself cheering him on as the author captures all the desperations and desires of being young and hurting.”-Robert Cormier
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers
“There are no easy answers in Winifred Morris's highly readable novel Liar, which tells the truth about young Alex Shafer, troubled and in trouble-with the law, his school, his family. Hemmed in by the lies he is told and the lies he tells himself,
Alex often does the wrong, heart-wrenching thing. But you'll find yourself cheering him on as the author captures all the desperations and desires of being young and hurting.”-Robert Cormier
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers
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BN ID: | 2940170557721 |
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Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
Publication date: | 08/14/2009 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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