The liars, Jennifer Mathieu
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The liars, Jennifer Mathieu
Language
eng
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Intended audience
Adolescent
Literary Form
novels
Main title
The liars
Responsibility statement
Jennifer Mathieu
Summary
How can one family have so many secrets? It's the summer of 1986. Joaquin and Elena, two teenage siblings live in a toxic environment with their alcoholic mother on an island off the Texas Gulf Coast. Elena falls for a new boy who has just arrived from California. Joaquin must wrestle with his decision to stay on Mariposa Island to protect his sister or flee from his mother's abuse. As both teenagers struggle to figure out who they are and want to be, they are caught in a web of family dysfunction and secrets from their mother's past. Can fierce love save them, or will their truth tear them apart?
Target audience
adolescent
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