Little Red Lies by Julie Johnston: The war is over, but for thirteen-year-old Rachel, the battle has just begun. Includes author’s notes about the Salem Witch Trials and bipolar disease. Spending the summers on her family’s private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.įather of Lies by Ann Turner: In 1692 when a plague of accusations descends on Salem Village in Massachusetts and “witch fever” erupts, fourteen-year-old Lidda, who has begun to experience visions and hear voices, tries to expose the lies of the witch trials without being hanged as a witch herself. A group of four friends - the Liars - whose friendship turns destructive. A brilliant, damaged girl a passionate, political boy. Lockhart: A beautiful and distinguished family. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley: In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent’s daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work together on a school project. Lies I Told by Michelle Zink (April 7): Since Grace was adopted by the Fontaines, she has been carefully taught the art of the scam and has an uncanny ability to create a personality to help her “parents,” but their latest job has her questioning everything she has been taught and the family she has grown to love. Some of these titles aren’t out yet, so I’ve noted publication dates. Here’s a look at the last year or so in lying liars who lie in YA.

How many books in the last year have featured some variation of that word in the title? And how fun would a book display be of books featuring those words in the title be? What’s interesting is that none of those books feature “lies,” “liars,” or “lying” in the title, which is where I’ve noticed an emerging trend. Pretending to Be Ericaby Michelle Painchaud - out July 21.Modern Monsters by Kelley York - out June 2.The Cost of All Things by Maggie Lehrman - out May 12.Twisted Fateby Norah Olson - out January 20.Whether or not they’re really going to be great read alikes is yet to be seen, but here are four titles off the top of my head with that pitch in their respective catalogs (links go to Goodreads, which may not reflect catalog copy): If you’re looking for your next We Were Liars, then it seems like you’ll have plenty of titles to choose from. One of the biggest “meets”/”for fans of” pitches I’ve seen in catalog copy for YA this year follows this trend as well. Betsy Bird talked about some of the trends that will continue through this year, and one that she hits on is the idea of truth-stretching and lying, with some focus on the growth of lying in YA fiction as a means of storytelling. It’s been quite a year in lies for YA, and it appears as though it’s going to continue well into 2015.

Kisses and Lies by Lauren Henderson