Liar & Spy

Author: Rebecca Stead

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  • : $21.00 NZD
  • : 9781921922947
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  • : August 2012
  • : 198mm X mm
  • : Australia
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  • : August 2012
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Barcode 9781921922947
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Description

The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship.   The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETING--TODAY!   That's how he meets his twelve-year-old neigh­bor Safer. He and Georges quickly become allies--and fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer's requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend?   "Will touch the hearts of kids and adults alike." --NPR   Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!

Promotion info

* Will attract wide review coverage in newspapers such as the Australian, Herald Sun, Sunday Tasmanian, West Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, New Zealand Herald and Christchurch Press * Interview expected in a major weekend newspaper such as the Courier-Mail or the Dominion Post * Reviews assured in YA magazines such as Magpies, DMag and Viewpoint * Wide online review coverage on YA blogs such as We Love YA, Hey!Teenager of Year * Rebecca Stead's previous two titles have sold almost 15,000 units in ANZ * Teaching notes available on Text Publishing website * Print advertising in specialist children's literary publications * Featured in the Text newsletters to Reading Groups, general readers and to the book industry * Consumer giveaways and promotions through bookseller newsletters * Trade marketing budget for bookseller catalogues

Awards

Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2013. CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist 2014

Reviews

'In this taut novel, every word, every sentence, has meaning and substance.' New York Times Book Review 'It is the true gift of the storyteller to take such age old themes and issues and shine a light on them in such a way that it appears brand new.' Magpies 'Secrets and lies are crafted and planted adeptly...This original story resembles the dots in a pointillist painting, where placement of colours tricks the eye into seeing other colours, and a true picture can be seen only from farther way.' Weekend Australian 'Rebecca Stead does first person so well, emulating the wandering mind of the main protagonist as she deftly weaves a story from his thoughts and interactions...The construction of this story is masterful, the plot pacing and revelations perfect...It is both an affirming story and simply a joy to read.' Magpies Magazine 'Wise and wry...a well-written story. Recommended.' Herald Sun 'Exactly what I would have wanted to read in my early teens. It feels sophisticated and clever and knowing without being too grown-up and dark.' Guardian 'Part coming-of-age tale, part mystery...A charmingly told story that has a message of hope and endurance.' Telegraph 'This intelligent novel is a joy to read.' Independent 'A skillful tale...Despite its light touch, it contains important themes about the truths we tell ourselves.' Sunday Times 'A wonderfully imaginative story, set in New York, dealing with the games we play, especially with words, their truths and their fictions.' Irish Times

Author description

Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Medal for her novel When You Reach Me.