Where the Truth Lies

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Walker Childrens

On sale:

September 2010

Price:

$16.99

Format:

Hardcover

Size:

5.5 x 8.25 in

Pages:

320 pp

Ages:

Grades:

9-12

ISBN-13: 9780802720788

ISBN-10: 0802720781

Where the Truth Lies

By Jessica Warman

Book Description

A riveting exploration of how love can lead to lies

On the surface, Emily Meckler leads the perfect life. She has three best friends, two loving parents, and the ideal setup at the Connecticut prep school where her father is the headmaster. But Emily also suffers from devastating nightmares about fire and water, and nobody knows why. Then the enigmatic Del Sugar enters her life, and Emily is immediately swept away-but her passionate relationship with Del is just the first of many things that aren't quite what they seem in Emily's life. As the lies she's been told start to unravel, Emily must set out to discover the truth regarding her nightmare; on a journey that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about love, family, and her own idyllic past.

This companion novel to Warman's critically acclaimed Breathless proves that sometimes the biggest lies are told to the people you love the most.

"In this dramatic, unpredictable, romance-gone-awry companion novel to Breathless (2009), Warman only improves as she revisits the boarding-school scene. Emily’s unflinching, multilayered narration and realistic dialogue capture the wishes and fears that drive teens. A page-turner to the bittersweet ending."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Warman sensitively portrays the sibling-like tensions and intimacy of boarding-school friendships. Most memorable, though, are passages that show how painful realizations often arrive: through isolated flashes of intuition and experience that layer slowly into three-dimensional truths."—Booklist

"Warman, author of the excellent Breathless (BCCB 11/09), returns here to the boarding-school milieu she continues to depict with finesse and tantalizing detail; the hothouse intensity and ramped-up intimacy of life in Emily’s dorm is yearningly credible. A smart, sensitive melodrama."—BCCB.

"Compelling. Insightful and touching.This book will be popular with fans of Sarah Dessen and Lurlene McDaniel.—School Library Journal

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