Little Red Lies
  • Published: 15 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781770498075
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $17.99

Little Red Lies

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Paperback
15 Mar 2015
Hardback
15 Sep 2013
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An emotional coming-of-age story that explores the impact of a son's return from war. An award-winning author's critically-acclaimed novel.

The war is over, but for thirteen-year-old Rachel, the battle has just begun. Putting childhood behind her, she knows what she wants - to prove she has acting talent worthy of the school drama club, and what she doesn't want - to romantically fall for someone completely inappropriate. Worries about her veteran brother's failing health and repugnance at her mother's unexpected and unwanted pregnancy drive her to seek solace from a seemingly sympathetic, but self-serving teacher. The lies she tells herself hoping to reach solutions to the problems complicating her life merely function to make matters worse. Ultimately, she finds a way to come to terms with life as it reaches an end and life as it begins.
  • Published: 15 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781770498075
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $17.99
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About the author

Julie Johnston

Tundra author Julie Johnston received the Governor General’s Award for her first two books, Hero of Lesser Causes and Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me. Her third novel, The Only Outcast, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award, as was her novel In Spite of Killer Bees. In 2003, Julie Johnston was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature in recognition of the enormous contribution her body of work has made to children’s literature. Her most recent young adult book, Susanna’s Quill, was also critically acclaimed. Published in 2005, As If By Accident is Julie Johnston’s first book for adults. Julie Johnston lives in Peterborough, Ontario.

Also by Julie Johnston

Love Ya Like a Sister
In Spite of Killer Bees
Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me
A Very Fine Line
Susanna's Quill
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Praise for Little Red Lies

PRAISE FOR Little Red Lies:

"Filled with bumbling characters who achingly love each other, this coming-of-age tale rises above a crowded field to take readers on a moving journey of discovery." -- Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews

"Johnston has crafted a beautifully written, low-key, yet emotional story of a family dealing with the return of a son at the close of war. Jamie is wracked with survivor's guilt.... His letters to Rachel ... are painfully realistic, the antithesis of the glamour that teens too often assign to war...." -- Starred Review, Booklist

"Johnston gives equal weight to struggles major and trivial as she sensitively examines the painful process of rebuilding one's life under the most difficult of circumstances." -- Publishers Weekly

"...a believable, engaging story. The first-person, present-tense narration lends immediacy and Rachel speaks in a convincing adolescent voice.... Libraries will find this sympathetic novel a worthwhile purchase." -- VOYA

AWARDS FOR Little Red Lies:

  • Shortlisted, CLA's Young Adult Book of the Year Award
  • Shortlisted, Ontario Arts Council's Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award
  • Selected, OLA's Best Bets List for Teens and Children - Young Adult Fiction
  • Selected, The Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids & Teens

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