The Great Pretender |
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| Author:
| Lester, Jim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-692-37947-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2015 |
| Publisher: | Jim Lester
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $11.90 |
Book Description:
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Twelve-year old Archie Lane's next door neighbor is a killer. Archie has uncovered that terrible secret, but no one will believe him. If he doesn't find a way to convince his parents he witnessed a real murder, the results could be fatal for Archie. Set in the fall of 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, a city torn apart by one of the nation's first civil rights crises, Archie's suspense-filled story recounts his transition from an idyllic world to the incomprehensible world of adults....
More DescriptionTwelve-year old Archie Lane's next door neighbor is a killer. Archie has uncovered that terrible secret, but no one will believe him. If he doesn't find a way to convince his parents he witnessed a real murder, the results could be fatal for Archie. Set in the fall of 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, a city torn apart by one of the nation's first civil rights crises, Archie's suspense-filled story recounts his transition from an idyllic world to the incomprehensible world of adults. Throughout his story, the reader watches Archie struggle to come to terms with the subtleties of right and wrong.