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21) The dry: a novel
Author
Series
Aaron Falk novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
" ''One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read . . . Every word is near perfect.' -- David Baldacci. A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington, and What Is It?,...
23) Pants on fire
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jack Parker is a charming fifteen-year-old who has always skated by on his lies, especially the one about Mikey, an underprivileged (and made-up) teenwho Jack 'tutors'. Mikey provides a ready-made excuse for chores, homework,tardiness, and general mayhem. It's a great plan, until one day 'Mikey' showsup for real. And then all Jack's other lies, from his super-possessive girlfriend to the roving band of alien body snatchers, start to come true as well....
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment his family...
Author
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Audrey Stocking, a German-born Jew, hides in 1940 London, hoping someday to reunite with her family while pretending to be a British citizen. American Lieutenant Wesley Bowers arrives in England the same day as the beginning of the Blitz, which is also the day a bomb penetrate's Audrey's apartment--and doesn't explode. When they meet Audrey must decide whether or not to reveal her true identity and past.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Kevin Shepherd has gotten away with lying his entire life, but when scheming producer Larry Wolf steals Kevin's idea for a hot new video game, the tables get turned. Kevin realizes he's met his match, a Bigger Fatter Liar, when Wolf refuses to admit the truth. Kevin declares, "Game On," as he and his best friend Becca stop at nothing to get Wolf to tell the truth, plotting a series of devious pranks to set the record straight.
29) The Survivors
Author
Language
English
Description
"Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets ... Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn. When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In December 2003, Luke Ryder, the stepfather of acclaimed filmmaker Guy Howard, was found dead in the garden of their suburban family home. Guy was only a child, asleep upstairs at the time of the murder. His mother and two half sisters were also in the house that night -- but all swear they saw nothing. Despite a high-profile police investigation and endless media attention, no suspect was ever charged, and Guy's family has been haunted ever since....
32) The Snow Queen 2
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The storm is back with an all new ice-breaking adventure! After celebrating their victory over the Snow Queen, Gerda and Orm have given their fellow trolls a taste of freedom. But when Orm gets a cold-hard reality check, they slip into another perilous journey and must protect the world from eternal winter.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
[4th ed.].
Language
English
Description
From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie and how can they be caught?
In this revised edition, Paul Ekman, a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication, adds a new chapter to present his latest research on his groundbreaking inquiry into lying and the methods for uncovering lies. Ekman has figured out the most important behavioral clues to deceit, he has developed a one-hour self-instructional program that...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes Ruth Ware's highly anticipated fifth novel. When she stumbles across the ad, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss--a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten--by...
35) Disclose
Author
Series
Verify volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Meri Buckley has lost everything. She lost her mother to a fight much bigger than herself. Her father to grief, fear, and denial. And the truth--to an overbearing government that insists that censorship and secrecy is the only path to peace. But though Meri and her band of truth- seeking Stewards did lose the first battle in their quest to enlighten the public, they have not yet lost the war. Meri can start the revolution she seeks, if the powerful...
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When New Orleans coffee merchant Louis Durand first meets his bride-to-be after a months-long courtship by mail, he's shocked that she doesn't match the photographs sent with her correspondence. But Durand has told his own fibs, concealing from her the details of his wealth, and so he mostly feels fortunate to find her so much more beautiful than expected. Soon after they marry, however, he becomes increasingly convinced that the woman in his life...
37) The soulmate
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth's The Soulmate. There's a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa's dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until he doesn't....
Author
Language
English
Description
When Sasha disappears, Ellen fears the worst. Then long-buried secrets resurface, Ellen realizes she may not know Sasha — or what she's capable of — at all.
2005: 17 year old Ellen falls under the spell of glamorous newcomer, Sasha. As Ellen is welcomed into Sasha's family, she doesn't see the darkness that lies beneath their musical, bohemian lifestyle. At a New Year's Eve party, events come to a dramatic head, resulting in a...
2005: 17 year old Ellen falls under the spell of glamorous newcomer, Sasha. As Ellen is welcomed into Sasha's family, she doesn't see the darkness that lies beneath their musical, bohemian lifestyle. At a New Year's Eve party, events come to a dramatic head, resulting in a...
40) Dakota Skye
Publisher
Distributed by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Dakota Skye has a super power. She is cursed with the ability to see the truth in any lie she hears. Dakota is now seventeen and has become apathetic towards life. But then Jonah arrives in town, he catches Dakota's eye and shows her that there is more to the world than just lies. The only problem is, Jonah is her boyfriend's best friend.
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