Shortlisted for the 2012 Branford Boase Award for outstanding Debut novel. Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.
An atmospheric, quirky and moving debut novel, set in India with incredibly well drawn characters and a multi-stranded storyline rich in detail. It's an accomplished novel that will draw out all manner of emotions from the reader so be warned you'll need tissues on hand!
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An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition. Although the backdrop is this key event in Indian history, the novel is even more far-reaching, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition - news that he knows will break his father's heart. With great spirit and determination, and with the help of his good friends, Bilal persuades others to collude with him in this deception, even printing false pages of the local newspaper to hide the ravages of unrest from his father. All that Bilal wants is for his father to die in peace. But that means Bilal has a very complicated relationship with the truth...
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Beautiful Lie and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-12 years old
A Beautiful Lie features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 11+ readers
A Beautiful Lie is available in Paperback
A Beautiful Lie was written by Irfan Master and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
A Beautiful Lie has 297 pages
£8.09