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Anelectrifyingdebut novel about a familybeing torn
apart by thewomanwhoclaims to love themmost.
Mother,Mother
: ANovel
byKorenZailckas
D
arklysuspenseful andaddictively readable, different
membersof theHurst familynarrateMother,Mother: teenage
daughterViolet,whoseexperimentswithdrugs landher inamental ward;
Will, a twelve-year-oldautisticboyshrinking further intohisownworld;
their father,Douglas,whospends toomuch timeworkingand the rest
withabottleof scotch; and theirmother, Josephine,whosecontrolling
andseemingly innocentmaneuversmay just be thesourceof everyone’s
despair. Then there’sRose, thesisterwho ranaway—tiredof Josephine’s
interferences,Rose left yearsagoandhasn’t beenheard fromsince. But
ashermother’s intentionsbecomemore terrifyinglyclear, Violetwonders
whether something farworsehappened toher older sister.
Crown HC 978-0-385-34723-5 384pp. $24.00/$27.00Can.
ExamCopy:$12.00
Donotorderpaperbackbefore7/8/2014.
BroadwayBooks TR 978-0-385-34725-9 400pp.
$15.00/$18.00Can.
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978-0-8041-4923-5 $22.50/$25.50Can.
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Five StarredReviews!
Booklist
TheHornBook
KirkusReviews
PublishersWeekly
School Library Journal
“Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart,
WeWere Liars is utterly unforgettable.”
—JohnGreen, #1NewYork Times bestselling
author of TheFault inOur Stars
=9thgrade
“Ahauntingmeditation on family, love
and unimaginable loss. . . . A firecracker
thriller full of whip-smart psychological
insights.”
—SanFranciscoChronicle
“An excellent page-turner recommended
for thosewho enjoy psychological thrillers
and aren’t afraid of narratives that look
evil in the face.”
—School Library Journal
=9thgrade
WeareSinclairs.Beautiful. Privileged.Damaged. LIARS.
WeWereLiars
byE. Lockhart
Abeautiful anddistinguished family.
Aprivate island.
Abrilliant, damagedgirl; apassionate, political boy.
Agroupof four friends—theLiars—whose friendship turnsdestructive.
Arevolution. Anaccident. Asecret.
Liesupon lies.
True love.
The truth.
W
eWereLiars isamodern, sophisticatedsuspensenovel from
National BookAward finalist andPrintzAwardhonoreeE. Lockhart.
Read it.
And if anyoneasksyouhow it ends, just LIE.
DelacortePress HC 978-0-385-74126-2 240pp. $17.99/$19.99Can.
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Winner,
ALEXAward
CC SS
UniversalThemes:
FamilySecrets, Loss,Memory
CompanionTitles:
TheGreatGatsby,KingLear
CCSS
UniversalThemes:
Dysfunctional Families, Loss
CompanionTitles:
OrdinaryPeople,TheGlassMenagerie,
AnnaKarenina
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