Redgate,
Riley. Seven
Ways We Lie. Amulet see Harry Abrams 2016 343p
$17.95
ISBN 978-1-4197-1944-8 hs Realistic
fiction VG-BN
Seven flawed high-school students narrate
the events begun when a rumor circulates of an affair between a student and a
teacher in this cleverly-knit-together piece about the trials of adolescence and life in general.
Each student faces their own internal struggles, and the way their lives are
interwoven leads them to confront their obstacles and either triumph or
crumple.
Author Riley Redgate manages to infuse a realism to these characters that makes readers connect easily to them, whether it is the girl with a reputation for being easy or her rage-filled theater-geek sister, or the young man who knows who he is but doesn’t dare to admit it, or the girl he used to date who constantly compares herself to others and finds herself wanting. The characters’ flaws, their “sins” as it were, are not their defining traits so much as they are the result of their pasts and their relationships, and in connecting to them, readers may make some discoveries about their own issues and how they might handle them.
It is an engaging, tangled story of strained friendships, sordid secrets and discovering what truly matters at an age when everything seems like the end of the world. There are adult elements to this book, including a romantic relationship between a high-school student and her teacher, drinking, and marijuana use, but they are handled tastefully.
Author Riley Redgate manages to infuse a realism to these characters that makes readers connect easily to them, whether it is the girl with a reputation for being easy or her rage-filled theater-geek sister, or the young man who knows who he is but doesn’t dare to admit it, or the girl he used to date who constantly compares herself to others and finds herself wanting. The characters’ flaws, their “sins” as it were, are not their defining traits so much as they are the result of their pasts and their relationships, and in connecting to them, readers may make some discoveries about their own issues and how they might handle them.
It is an engaging, tangled story of strained friendships, sordid secrets and discovering what truly matters at an age when everything seems like the end of the world. There are adult elements to this book, including a romantic relationship between a high-school student and her teacher, drinking, and marijuana use, but they are handled tastefully.
Summary: Seven flawed high-school students narrate the events begun when a rumor circulates of an
affair between a student and a teacher in this cleverly-knit-together piece about
the trials of adolescence and life in general.
Identity-Fiction, Relationships-Fiction, Family-Fiction --Bethany
Geleskie
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