The Lie Tree: Illustrated Edition
Frances Hardinge, Chris Riddell
Illustrated by Chris Riddell
Synopsis
A dark, powerful story of science, loss and truth in Victorian England, The Lie Tree by Francis Hardinge won the prestigious Costa Book of the Year Award. This special edition includes beautiful, original illustrations from 2015–2017 Children's Laureate, multiple Kate Greenaway Medal-winning author of the Ottoline series, Chris Riddell.
'Fun and ingenious, with plenty of cliffhangers [and] a healthy dash of feminism' – Guardian
It was not enough. All knowledge – any knowledge – called to Faith, and there was a delicious, poisonous pleasure in stealing it unseen.
Faith has a thirst for science and secrets that the rigid confines of her class cannot suppress. And so it is that she discovers her disgraced father's journals, filled with the scribbled notes and theories of a man driven close to madness.
His journals tell tales of a strange tree which, when told a lie, will uncover a truth: the greater the lie, the greater the truth revealed to the liar. Faith's search for the tree leads her into great danger – for where lies seduce, truths shatter . . .
'Brilliant, dark, thrilling, utterly original' – Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls
'I can't think of anyone who would not love this story' – Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library
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“Brilliant, dark, thrilling, utterly original.”Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go
“I loved this book so much.”Lucy Mangan, author of Are We Having Fun Yet?
“The Lie Tree is a fantastic story. It is an important book, not only because it is a great narrative, with great characterization, but because its central message of possibility for an intelligent girl who is out of touch for the age in which she lives is a very important one and relevant for today.”James Heneage, Chair of the Costa Judges
“A substantial text that is complex and intelligent: a lustrous, delicious romp about evolution and feminism . . . The vivid, beautifully powerful whole plays with genre, language and expectation.”Philip Womack, Daily Telegraph
