Bluebonnet Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
About This Book
When seventh grader Georges (the S is silent) moves into a Brooklyn apartment building, he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy. Georges is happy to hang out with Safer's warm, eccentric family, because lately things haven't been so easy at home: his dad lost his job, and his mom has started working extra shifts at the hospital. Life is no better at school, where Georges is the new target of Dallas, who is always on the lookout for other kids' weak spots (so he knows exactly where to hit them).
Georges becomes Safer's 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 friend?
Liar & Spy is an inspired, often-funny story about destiny, goofy brilliance, and courage. Like Stead's Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me, it will keep readers guessing until the end.
Georges becomes Safer's 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 friend?
Liar & Spy is an inspired, often-funny story about destiny, goofy brilliance, and courage. Like Stead's Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me, it will keep readers guessing until the end.
Awards
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2015 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award
2015 · Intermediate · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2015 · Intermediate/Grades 7-9 · Nominee
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2014 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
Keystone to Reading Book Award
2014 · Middle School · Nominee
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
Mark Twain Readers Award
2014 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's Book · Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2014 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
West Virginia Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
Carnegie Medal
2014 · Children's · Nominee
Buckeye Children's Book Award
2013 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2013 · Audiobook · Recommended
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2013 · Seven to Ten · Recommended
Great Stone Face Book Award
2013 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
2013 · Children's Fiction · Winner
Parents Choice Award (Spring) (2008-Up)
2013 · Fiction · Recommended
Cybils
2012 · Middle Grade Fiction · Finalist
Listen Up
2012 · Children/Young Adult · Editor's Choice
Junior Library Guild
2012 · Selection
Agatha Award
2012 · Children/Young Adult · Nominee
