How to Fix a Lie
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2012
- Category
- Friendship
- Recommended Age
- 7 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 4
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781443113526
- Publish Date
- Apr 2012
- List Price
- $5.99
Classroom Resources
Where to buy it
Description
Two classmates learn an important lesson about trust and honesty.
Everyone is getting excited about Pioneer Day in Abby's Grade Three class, except for Abby. She has been partnered up with Gracie, an unpopular girl who is known as a bit of a liar.
Abby tries her best to extend her friendship, but Gracie continues to tell one tall tale after another, leaving Abby unable to tell when Gracie is actually telling the truth. When it's finally Pioneer Day, no one believes Gracie when she says she's bringing in a real pioneer.
But Abby and the rest of her class are in for a big surprise ... teaching all of them an important lesson about judging people unfairly. Meanwhile, Gracie begins to realize that she doesn't need to make things up to be an interesting and worthy friend.
A wonderful novel for emerging readers from Nova Scotia-based author Nancy Wilcox Richards, author of How to Tame a Bully and How to Be a Friend.
About the authors
Les livres de Nancy Wilcox Richards sont largement
inspirés de ses expériences d'enseignante. Nancy aborde des thèmes qui
touchent particulièrement les jeunes du niveau primaire comme
l'intimidation, l'amitié ou l'entraide. Nancy habite en Nouvelle-Écosse.
Nancy Wilcox Richards taught elementary school for a number of years. She is the author of How to Tame a Bully, How To Outplay A Bully, How to Handle a Bully, How to Be a Friend and How to Fix a Lie, as well as the Farmer Joe series of picture books and We're All Friends Here. All are published by Scholastic Canada Ltd. She lives in Hebbville, Nova Scotia.
Awards
- Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada)
Editorial Reviews
Praise for How to Fix a Lie
"How To Fix A Lie is a great story of friendship and the struggles that often come with peer groups and social settings. The characters are believable, and any young reader would be able to identify the "Gracies" or "Abbeys" in their own lives." —Resource Links
