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A Pack Of Liars
''A Pack of Liars'' is a children fiction novel by Anne Fine. It was first published by Hamish Hamilton in 1988. It won the Dillons/Puffin Birmingham Book Award in 1991. The Author Anne Fine has won numerous awards over the years including the Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie Medal and the British Book Awards both in 1990 and 1993. Notes External links Anne Fine Website 1988 British novels British children's novels Novels by Anne Fine Hamish Hamilton books 1988 children's books {{1980s-child-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pack Of Lies
''A Pack of Lies: twelve stories in one'' is a children's novel with metafictional elements, written by Geraldine McCaughrean and published by Oxford in 1988. It features a family antique shop whose new salesman tells historical tales to sell antiques. The stories vary widely in type. McCaughrean won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a similar award that authors may not win twice. Six books have won both awards in 45 years through 2011. Scholastic published a US edition in 1991. Plot summary The narrative follows the age-old pattern of separate stories embedded within a primary story, as in the ''Panchatantra'', the ''Arabian Nights'' and the ''Canterbury Tales''. Each of the stories is linked to a different piece of furniture in an antique shop, and the question arises as to whether the stories are pure invention ("a pack of lies") o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |