honesty

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honesty

One too many lies

High school junior Page and her two best friends start out by telling the little lies that are part of everyday life: white lies to avoid insulting friends and fibs to avoid unwanted judgment from classmates. As they lie more and more, the lies escalate into half-truths about parties told to their parents and become more dangerous.

Justice

Justice stays out of trouble and spends his time writing rap lyrics and playing chess in the park. Then his teacher's phone and wallet are stolen, and Justice must prove his innocence before he is wrongly convicted of the crime.

Aru Shah and the end of time

2018
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.

Hello, goodbye, and a very little lie

Larry lies about practically everything until he meets a girl who outsmarts him.

Ali Cross

2021
"In Ali's toughest case ever, his friend Zoe is in trouble after Ali and his friends witnessed a crime in Anacostia Park, and it's up to Ali to figure out why Zoe is lying to the police-and who she's protecting"--OCLC.

Another quest for Celeste

2020
Celeste is hundreds of miles from home following an unexpected journey aboard a Mississippi steamboat. After mishaps and disasters, she finds herself on the frontier in southern Indiana. It's 1822, and Celeste meets a tall, lanky boy wielding an ax: a young Abraham Lincoln.

Integrity & honesty

2019
Young readers explore the importance of integrity and honesty, how they can help build character and leadership skills, and offers advice on how to put them into practice.

What Mr. Mattero did

2007
Three seventh-grade girls accuse their music teacher of having touched them inappropriately and sexually.

Our principal's in his underwear!

2019
In this version of the Andersen tale, the vain principal of P.S. 88 is persuaded by two tailors that they will make him an amazing, one-of-a-kind, suit that will be visible only to intelligent people who are good at their jobs.

The deceivers

Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal.

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