Now at 14 Alex has a chanceâmaybe his last chanceâto make a fresh start at his grandparentsâ farm.
âThere are no easy answers in Winifred Morrisâs highly readable novel Liar, which tells the truth about young Alex Shafer, troubled and in troubleâwith the law, his school, his family. Hemmed in by the lies he is told and the lies he tells himself,
Alex often does the wrong, heart-wrenching thing. But youâll find yourself cheering him on as the author captures all the desperations and desires of being young and hurting.ââRobert Cormier
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