Liar and Spy

Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Although a different story than her Newbery winner,When You Reach Me, Stead's book also has believable characters and delightful twists and turns that keep you reading.  The story's main character, Georges, a seventh grader, has just moved into an apartment with his out of work architect father.  His mother works as a nurse, and is now working double shifts at the hospital to make up for the loss.  School is not much better.  His best friend has ditched him to sit at the cool table, and others delight in bullying him.  When a kid at the new apartment puts up a sign for "spy club," Georges responds.  He makes a new friend, Safer, who has all sorts of ideas about spying and who in the building needs to be spied on.  Safer tests the limits of Georges friendship as Georges makes realizations of his own about friendship.  Perfect for the new middle school 6-8 next year.



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