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Author
Series
Pandava volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon." --
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 15
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Harry persuades his classmates to sneak through the playground fence during lunchtime recess to view some unusual mushrooms.
5) Pretty baby
Author
Language
English
Description
She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can't get the girl out of her head... Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a nonprofit, takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Ariely challenges our preconceptions about dishonesty-- we all cheat, whether it's copying a paper in the classroom, or white lies on our expense accounts. He explores how unethical behavior works in the personal, professional, and political worlds, and how it affects all of us, even as we think of ourselves as having high moral standards.
10) Franklin fibs
Author
Language
English
Description
In order to match his friends' boasts, Franklin the turtle claims that he can swallow seventy-six flies in the blink of an eye, but then he has to prove it.
11) Cursed
Author
Series
Gilded volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When the true intentions of the Erlking are revealed, which could forever alter the mortal realm, Serilda and Gild must foil the Erlking's evil agenda by solving the mystery of Gild's forgotten name in order to protect their unborn child"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daniel has only two friends, is unusually tall, is picked on by teachers, and does not look like anyone else in his family, so when he learns his mom saved a newspaper clipping about a meteor that landed nearby on his birthday, he embraces his pretend alien heritage and launches a mission with his two friends to return to his home planet.
Author
Series
AV² fiction readalong volume 67
Language
English
Description
After new girl Kim tells her classmates she is from a royal family, her lie grows and grows.
16) Big whopper
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Destiny Washington cannot think of a discovery during Discovery Week at school, she makes up a story, but finds that she cannot keep on pretending it is true.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
It's never too soon to learn the difference between what's true and what isn't. Words and pictures help young children discover that being honest in words and actions builds trust and self-confidence. They also learn that telling the truth sometimes takes courage and tact. Includes discussion questions, skits, scenarios, and games that reinforce the ideas being taught.
Author
Series
Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 5
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
While trying to spare Erica's feelings so she could go to Brittany's birthday party, Allie disobeys one of her own rules and lies.
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