Lyttle Lies: The Stinky Truth by Joe Berger, 231 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster, 2018. $14.
Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Summer break is looking bright for Sam until his mom informs him that he can’t see the show he is most looking forward to unless he can refrain from lying until then. This is a big task for Sam, who is prone to lying, but a challenge he is up for. It turns out the truth is annoying to most of the people around him but, in the end, has an important lesson to teach Sam.
The illustrations in this book are black and white, but they have the ability to draw the reader in without much effort. The book is easy to read visually and textually. The humor is mostly situational - a grandpa who specializes in pickled radishes and a mom who has been tricked into hosting a Zumba marathon, for example. Many readers will identify with Sam’s struggles with truth telling.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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