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Andre Norton Award Best Book (nominee)
Carnegie Medal Best Book (nominee)
YA Book Prize Best Young Adult (nominee)
Costa Children's Book Award Best Novel
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015.
The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night.
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 . . .
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night.
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 . . .
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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Hardback Editions
October 2017 : USA Library Binding
October 2016 : UK Hardback
April 2016 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
March 2018 : UK Paperback
September 2017 : USA Paperback
May 2015 : UK Paperback
2001 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
September 2017 : UK Audio CD
Title: The Lie Tree
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
ISBN: 1-5098-6762-7 / 978-1-5098-6762-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio
Availability: Amazon UK
September 2016 : UK Audio CD
Title: The Lie Tree
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
ISBN: 1-5098-4621-2 / 978-1-5098-4621-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Bolinda/Macmillan audio
Availability: Amazon AU
September 2016 : USA MP3 CD
May 2016 : USA Audio edition
May 2016 : Canada Audio edition
March 2016 : USA Audio edition
Title: The Lie Tree: Costa Book of the Year 2015
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Availability: Amazon
March 2016 : Australia Audio edition
Title: The Lie Tree: Costa Book of the Year 2015
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Availability: Amazon AU
March 2016 : UK Audio edition
Title: The Lie Tree: Costa Book of the Year 2015
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Availability: Amazon UK
Kindle Editions
November 2016 : Australia Kindle edition
Title: The Lie Tree: Illustrated Edition
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
Publisher: Macmillan
Availability: Amazon AU
October 2016 : Canada, UK Kindle edition
April 2016 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
February 2016 : Canada, UK Kindle edition
May 2015 : UK Kindle edition
May 2015 : Australia Kindle edition
Title: The Lie Tree
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Availability: Amazon AU