pamela
Written on Dec 11, 2018
Read this thought-provoking, critically acclaimed novel (6 starred reviews!!!) from Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year, Costa Children's Book Award, and Horn Book-Boston Globe Award.
Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy&;a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior to men. But inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she cannot resist mysteries: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door. She knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing. She knows that her family moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist father was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal. And she knows, when her father is discovered dead shortly thereafter, that he was murdered. In pursuit of justice and revenge, Faith hunts through her father&;s possessions and discovers a strange tree. The tree bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, delivers a hidden truth. The tree might hold the key to her father&;s murder&;or it may lure the murderer directly to Faith herself. Frances Hardinge is the author of many acclaimed novels, including Cuckoo Song, which earned five starred reviews.
- ISBN10 1419718959
- ISBN13 9781419718953
- Publish Date 19 April 2016 (first published 7 May 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Abrams
- Imprint Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 377
- Language English
Reviews
wyvernfriend
Written on Jul 26, 2016
I'm not sure if it's the hype that moves this to a 3.5 closer to 3 rather than a 4 star book. It's an interesting idea, a tree that grows from lies received from one person and the bigger the lie the better the vision of truth. But this tale of a girl at the turn of the 19th century who has to deal with the lies of her parents and the consequences of her own lies is quite an adult book a book about becoming an adult about learning about the truth of your relationship with your parents and how to deal with one of their deaths. Also in learning about being a woman in Victorian England.
It wasn't a bad read but I was left with a vague taste of disappointment and letdown by the end.