The Lie Tree
10.39 $
By Frances Hardinge Faith’s father, a natural scientist and clergyman, is found dead in circumstances the island would rather call an accident. Going through his belongings for evidence, Faith finds a strange tree. It feeds on lies.
| ISBN | 9781447264101 |
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| Language | English |
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By Frances Hardinge
Faith’s father, a natural scientist and clergyman, is found dead in circumstances the island would rather call an accident. Going through his belongings for evidence, Faith finds a strange tree.
It feeds on lies. Tell a lie widely enough and the tree fruits, and the fruit shows the eater a truth. Faith starts spreading rumours to find out who killed her father, in a Victorian world where a fourteen-year-old girl with a scientific mind is not permitted to be either. Winner of the Costa Book of the Year.
First published 2015
