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Children's Fiction Mysteries & Detective Stories

Truth and Lies

by (author) Tamara Williams

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jun 2012
Category
Mysteries & Detective Stories, Prejudice & Racism
Recommended Age
14 to 18
Recommended Grade
9 to 12
Recommended Reading age
7 to 10
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552775912
    Publish Date
    Jun 2012
    List Price
    $12.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550287530
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550287561
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

When Erin arrives for class at Oshawa Secondary, she learns that her friend Marcel has been badly beaten up. She immediately wonders whether it was a gay-bashing, or whether he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Marcel is in a coma, so she has no clues to help her. As far as she knows he doesn't have any enemies, but there are plenty of guys at school who don't hide their hateful feelings for gay people. When the police investigation of Marcel's attack comes up against a brick wall, Erin decides she'll have to track down the guilty parties herself. Her search takes her on a dark journey through throbbing dance clubs and back alleys in a desperate effort to discover the truth.
Truth and Lies is a gritty, suspenseful story that examines the prejudice and hatred faced by gay people in our society, both within school walls and beyond them.

About the author

TAMARA WILLIAMS teaches high school in Lindsay, Ontario. She is the author of Glory Ride and Shadow Ride both published by Lorimer. Glory Ride was a Canadian Children\s Book Centre Our Choice selection. It also won the Elementary Teachers\' Federation of Ontario award for women writers.'

Tamara Williams' profile page

Awards

  • Winner, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Rainbow Vision Award
  • Short-listed, White Pine Book Award

Editorial Reviews

"Written by a high school teacher, Truth and Lies reflects all the cultures that exist in a high school, good and bad, and is very believable."

Kliatt