There Will be Lies by
Nick Lake surprised me. At first, I did
not care for the mother-daughter characters, but I quickly came to empathize
with them and did not want to see the book end. The Mom seems
overbearing and stifling at the onset of the book and I kept wanting her 17
year old daughter, Shelby, to stand up for herself. The action and suspense really begins, though, when Shelby is hit by a
car and begins to experience visions/dreams involving the trickster, Coyote, from
Native American mythology.
Are
the dreams some kind of portent? What does it all mean? Maybe the plot will
seem evident to you, but I was constantly surprised at the twists and
connections from Printz award winning author Nick Lake. Rather than spoil the surprises here, I strongly recommend reading There Will be
Lies – a creative mix of fantasy and reality - and a page turner to enjoy.
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