A teenage girl unravels lies and magic to solve her father's murder in The Lie Tree, an unforgettable and thought-provoking YA historical fantasy from award-winning novelist Frances Hardinge.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction, and a Costa Book of the Year
An ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book and an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten selection
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 curiosity. She keeps sharp watch of her surroundings and, therefore, knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing--like the real reason her family fled 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.
Ninth novel The Three Graces out now. "I write to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted." FRLS etc
Just 20 pages into Unraveller, and I am in love. This is storytelling of another order. @FrancesHardinge is the only children’s author besides @PhilipPullman to win @CostaBookAwards book of the year. The Lie Tree was fabulous. This is better @MacmillanKidsUK https://twitter.com/amandapcraig/status/1549019127959920640
Writer, copy editor/proofreader, co-founder @BonaBooks, theatre gay, actual Muppet. Ernie to @tripgaley’s Bert. Still buys Blu-Rays and DVDs. He/him. 🏳️🌈
About 2 weeks ago I started reading my first-ever @FrancesHardinge book (UNRAVELLER). And now I’m already on my third (did CUCKOO SONG next, and starting THE LIE TREE today). She’s one of the best fantasy writers I’ve ever read and I’m absolutely obsessed with these books.