About this item
An instant New York Times bestseller,Liar Spy is a story about games and friendship. Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building and meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safers first spy recruit. His assignment Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder How far is too far to go for your only friendLike Steads dazzling Newbery-winnerWhen You Reach Me, Liar Spy will keep readers guessing until the end.A New York Times bestseller ANew York Times Book ReviewNotable Childrens Book of 2012Kirkus Reviews Best of Childrens Books 2012 ListPublishers Weekly Best of Childrens Fiction 2012School Library Journal Best of Childrens Fiction 2012 ListThe Horn Books Best of 2012 List The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books2012 Blue Ribbons List Barnes Noble Best Books of 2012 for Kids List NPR Outstanding Backseat Reads for Ages 9-14, NPRs Backseat Book ClubAmazons Top 5 Best of the Year Middle Grade BooksTheWall Street Journals Best Childrens Books of 2012The Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2012 A Junior Library Guild Selection,.
About the Author
Rebecca Stead has written six novels for young people: WHEN YOU REACH ME (A bestseller and winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction) ; THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE (A Time Magazine Top Ten Children's Book of the Year) , LIAR & SPY (Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book for Children) ; FIRST LIGHT (a Junior Library Guild Selection and a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens) ; GOODBYE STRANGER (A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Notable Book for Children) ; and BOB (co-written with Wendy Mass) . Rebecca lives in New York City with her family.
