truthfulness and falsehood

"Getting kidnapped over spring break was definitely memorable. But now that the surviving hostages are home, they want life to feel normal again: high school, dating, million-dollar galas. But there's no escaping the spotlight--or the truth about the ways they betrayed each other in the jungle. And this time, the real threat isn't kidnappers--it's what the 'friends' might do to each other"--Provided by publisher.

"Misaabe tells stories and tries to pass them off as the truth. When his mother finds out, she tries to show him his life isn't so bad"--OCLC.

Scott wants a fascinating story to share with the class about his summer, and after telling the class that he caught a fish as big as his desk, Scott feels guilty about lying.

Scott wants a fascinating story to share with the class about his summer, and after telling the class that he caught a fish as big as his desk, Scott feels guilty about lying.

Readers are introduced to the definition of a lie through accessible language and real-life examples.

Steve's lie about liking to break codes comes back to haunt him when Quinn gives him a message to decode, and he must either figure out the code or tell Quinn the truth.

Looks at some of the reasons why people sometimes lie, and stresses the benefits of being honest and telling the truth.

When a stink bomb at the school provides a chance for Angus to talk to Ella, he claims to share her interest in reading facial expressions and declares his ambition to become a crime-solving mentalist.

Eleven-year-old Annie and her younger brother are being raised by their Gran and are surrounded by family secrets, but everything changes when an escaped criminal shows up at their house and takes them all hostage.

"Twenty-six-year-old Cat Kinsella overcame a troubled childhood to become a detective constable with the Metropolitan Police Force, but she's never been able to banish the ghosts of her past or reconcile with her estranged father. Work provides a refuge from her family dysfunction, but she relies on a caustic wit to hide her vulnerability from her colleagues. When a mysterious phone call links a recent strangling victim to Maryanne Doyle, a teenage girl who went missing in Ireland eighteen years earlier, the news is discomfiting for Cat. Though she was only a child when her family met Maryanne on a family vacation, right before she vanished, Cat knew that her charming but dissolute father wasn't telling the truth when he denied knowing anything about the girl's disappearance."--Provided by publisher.