A Beautiful Lie
by Master, Irfan
LyingIndiaHistorical FictionDepression & AnxietyParents & Parental FiguresJunior Library Guild Selection2012 Summer Jr./Sr. High
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AR Book Level
5.3
AR Points
8
Word Count
53,581
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
218829 EN
About this book
The novel A Beautiful Lie follows thirteen-year-old Bilal, who in 1947 India watches his village tear apart as Partition looms, while his father lies dying. Determined to protect his father from the heartbreak of the nation's upheaval, Bilal and his friends devise an elaborate deception, even printing false pages of the local newspaper to hide the truth. As the lie grows, Bilal must balance his love for his family with the dangerous reality closing in around them.