Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Publication Date: June 12, 2018
TELL ME NO LIES is a story about a girl, uncertain about her future and unable to talk about her past. It’s Lizzy’s senior year and she’s set her sights on Princeton but her plans are derailed when she meets Claire, a mysterious transfer student with a secret of her own. As she gets more deeply entangled in Claire’s life and meets new people, each with their own burden to bear, Lizzy feels more and more lost. In order to connect to her new friends and to herself she must reveal her deepest secret.
Griffin does an good job of utilizing her setting: the book was set in the eighties, and many of the problems or experiences the characters have are very oriented to the time period (AIDS, Keith Haring etc.). Also, the ending, I thought, was very fitting for the story. Overall this book was a nice, moderately light read and I’d recommend it!
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