![]() ![]() 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. The bigger the lie, the more people who believe it, the bigger the truth that is uncovered. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes it. The tree only grows healthy and bears fruit if you whisper a lie to it. 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. WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR A hugely talented writer of tireless invention and prose Guardian Brilliant, dark, thrilling, utterly original Patrick Ness The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. ![]()
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