Saturday, July 27, 2013

If the Witness Lied

If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney

With their parents gone, the Fountain children are under the care of their "aunt" Cheryl. Jack Fountain tries hard to be a good brother to his youngest sibling Tris, while Madison and Smithy have abandoned the family in an attempt to deal with their grief. Sound like a boring read so far? Well what if you knew, as the world is about to, that Tris Fountain, who is almost three, has already caused the deaths of two people -- his parents? Or has he? When Jack discovers that Cheryl is about to turn Tris into a reality television star for a show that will portray him as a monster, he knows he has to stop it. His sisters become his unexpected allies, and together they discover that their father's death may not have happened as they had been led to believe, that in fact, the only witness to his death may have lied. This book is a slow, methodical unraveling of a mystery that brings a family together against a common enemy in order to protect the one that cannot protect himself.

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