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4-6
Eighth-grader Kevin lies to expose hypocrisy, to be loyal to his friends, and to get out of homework. Paulsen maintains a light, quippy touch in this story of how Kevin discovers some situations in which lying doesn't work. The book, a spot-on portrait of what nine-year-olds think being fourteen is like, will appeal to the short-chapter crowd at which it's aimed.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2011