Liar and Spy
Rebecca Stead,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Children's Books on 08-07-2012
Rebecca Stead,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Children's Books on 08-07-2012
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780385737432
Publish date: 07-08-2012
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Family,
Contemporary,
Fiction
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...
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