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"Another rich, rewarding read that links present and past in an absorbing story."
Friendship, family and above all identity are the subject of Evie and Maryam’s Little Lies, the absorbing follow up to Janeen Hayat’s award-winning debut Evie and Maryam’s Family Tree.
Friends Evie and Maryam are going slightly separate ways: Maryam has been offered a scholarship place at a prestigious private boarding school, meanwhile the play the two wrote about their great-grandmothers has won them a place on a top theatre fellowship programme for young writers and Evie is 100% focused on that.
The experiences prove difficult for both: Evie feels that the programme director doesn’t like their play, and worse, she’s already misled her family and friends, telling them it will be performed on the West End. Maryam makes no friends at her new school and feels excluded because of her background.
It gets so bad that when Evie comes to visit, Maryam decides to run back home with her. Hayat brings the two stories together and through another satisfying coincidence links the events of today to things that happened decades earlier. It turns out that the girls are not the only ones to have been telling lies about themselves in a thoughtful plotline that also links past and present.
The girls’ friendship is one of the many pleasures of the book but its treatment of themes of family and history also make this a standout read.
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Evie and Maryam are back in their second adventure! Maryam is thrilled to be awarded a scholarship to an esteemed boarding school but when she arrives, the other pupils are unwelcoming and she feels totally isolated.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Evie and Maryam's Little Lies and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Evie and Maryam's Little Lies features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Historical Fiction, School Stories, People / Places, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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Evie and Maryam's Little Lies was written by Janeen Hayat and published by Guppy Books an imprint of Guppy Publishing Ltd
Evie and Maryam's Little Lies has 326 pages
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