The fruit, in turn, delivers a hidden truth. A tree that only bears fruit when she whispers a lie to it. In pursuit of revenge and justice for the father she idolizes, Faith hunts through his possessions, where she discovers a strange tree. And that her father’s death was no accident. She keeps sharp watch of her surroundings and, therefore, knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing-like the real reason her family fled Kent to the close-knit island of Vane. But inside, Faith is burning with questions and curiosity. To most people, she is modest and well mannered-a proper young lady who knows her place. The judges for the Children's Book Award "loved dark, sprawling, fiercely clever novel", stating it would "grip readers of all ages", while the chair of the judges for the Book of the Year award described the book as a "real page turner", suitable for adults as much as for children.To earn a secret so profound, I would need to tell momentous lies, and make as many people as possible believe them…įaith Sunderly leads a double life.
In the 2015 Costa Book Awards, The Lie Tree won both in the Children's Book Award category and the overall Book of the Year, an achievement only previously managed by Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass in 2001. The Sunday Times named the book its children's book of the year for 2015. The Guardian praised The Lie Tree's "convincing picture of the times" and Hardinge's "trademark wit and intelligence", calling the book "at once entertaining and provocative". The lies and rumors that Faith starts grow rapidly and events soon become out of control. In her efforts to discover what happened to her father, and to follow his footsteps of studying natural science, she discovers a tree that provides truths by feeding on whispered lies. The Lie Tree is set in the male-dominated Victorian scientific society, and tells the story of Faith Sunderly, a 14-year-old girl whose father is killed under mysterious circumstances after the family moves to a small island to get away from London.
The book won the 2015 Costa Book of the Year. The Lie Tree is the seventh children's fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, published in 2015 by Macmillan Publishers.
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