A Pack of Lies
1988 children's novel by Geraldine McCaughrean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Not to be confused with A Pack of Liars, the 1988 novel by Anne Fine.
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Author | Geraldine McCaughrean |
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Cover artist | Robina Green |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's novel |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | December 1988 |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 168 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-19-271612-3 |
OCLC | 17982275 |
LC Class | PZ7.M4784133 Pac 2009 (paperback)[1] |
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McCaughrean won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[2] She also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a similar award that authors may not win twice.[3] Six books have won both awards in 45 years through 2011.[lower-alpha 1]
Scholastic published a US edition in 1991.[4]