Liar and Spy is not as good as When You Reach Me (but then, what is? Besides A Wrinkle in Time). The story feels a little sparse, but overall I enjoyed it.
An awful lot like When You Reach Me--the two feel very similar when you read them. I really liked the group of friends that Georges had in this book. I didn't really see any of the twists coming, but I would still say this book is good, not great.
This seems like a book that adults would think is really great but that kids might not be excited about. Like when "literary fiction" is deemed excellent by critics but on-the-street-readers might not be very interested in it.
Liar & Spy is Rebecca Stead's third book published for the middle grade market. The last book, When You Reach Me, won the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2010. I read When You Reach Me leading up to the Newbery pick in 2010 thinking it couldn't possibly be better than The Evolution of Cal...
Find this review @ Scott Reads ItLiar & Spy really surprised me in every single way. First of all, I usually don't read middle-school books at all because they don't interest me like YA novels do. Second, I don't usually read realistic fiction because in my opinion reality is too ordinary and borin...
LOOOOVED it!
Review to come.
This was such a treat, and I'm grateful to Random House for sending me a review copy. I liked this one better than When You Reach Me. I found it easier to follow and more entertaining. The message in this story is subtle, and it's just as valuable for grown-ups as it is for youngsters. What Georges ...
The kind of book I loved as a kid (E.L. Konigsburg forever!) and the kind I want to edit. Layered, smart, vulnerable.
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