Liar & spy
Readers rate it 3.7 (27 on Hardcover)
194 pages · Released 2012 · Wendy Lamb Books
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Liar & Spy is a thoughtful middle-grade novel about friendship, loyalty, and boundaries. While Georges and Safer engage in minor spy games and rule-breaking, the story ultimately explores the importance of honesty and recognizing when a friendship becomes unhealthy. There is minimal graphic content, though some mature emotional themes emerge. The book rewards kindness, courage, and standing up for what's right, making it well-suited for thoughtful readers in late elementary to middle school.
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When seventh grader Georges (the S is silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safer's first spy recruit. His assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer becomes more... When seventh grader Georges (the S is silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safer's first spy recruit. His assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend?
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- Juvenile fiction
- Middle schools
- Family life
- Spies
- Schools
- Fiction
- Social Issues
- Families
- Apartment houses
- Children's fiction
- Spies, fiction
- Apartment houses, fiction
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ISBN 9780385737432 · Wendy Lamb Books