Read this thought-provoking, critically acclaimed novel (6 starred reviews ) from Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year, Costa Children\'s Book Award, and Horn Book-Boston Globe Award.
Frances Hardinge is the author of many acclaimed novels, including Cuckoo Song, which earned five starred reviews..
The Tree might hold the key to her father\'s murder--or it may lure the murderer directly to Faith herself.
The fruit of the tree, when eaten, delivers a hidden truth.
The Tree bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it.
In pursuit of justice and revenge, Faith hunts through her father\'s possessions and discovers a strange tree.
And she knows, when her father is discovered dead shortly thereafter, that he was murdered.
She knows that her family moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist father was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal.
She knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing.
But inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she cannot resist mysteries: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door.
To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy--a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior to men.
Faith Sunderly leads a double life.
Read this thought-provoking, critically acclaimed novel (6 starred reviews ) from Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year, Costa Children\'s Book Award, and Horn Book-Boston Globe Award
