Liar of Kudzu
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
"Everybody calls me Liar. They don't mean no harm by it, it's just a plain fact that I am the finest truth bender in all of Dixon County. And not little weeny white lies. Big fat whopper ones that make people forget the question they asked in the first place."
When a new girl, Justine, moves to town, Pete Larson -- better known as Liar -- is smitten. He gets his chance to impress her after a strange spacecraft crashes in the woods. Along with the class science geek, Bobby Ray Dobbs, they discover that the crashed UFO holds an amazing key to the future. But who's going to believe a kid named Liar?
Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle (creators of the hit animated series Kim Possible) introduce a character with a fresh and distinctive voice in this very funny, pitch-perfect look at three unlikely friends who try to make a difference.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The narrator of this sassy if slim debut book by the creators of the Disney Channel's Kim Possible series explains that he earned the nickname of Liar by being "the finest truth bender in all of Dixon County." He announces that the story he's about to tell-revealing events of the previous summer, when he was 12-is "a good one." And for the most part, it is. Liar humorously relays his botched attempts to impress Justine, a pretty classmate who has just moved to Kudzu. He offers to show her around the sleepy southern town and, while walking in the woods, the two see a fireball come crashing to the ground and discover that it's a mysterious spacecraft. The pair seeks out a "scientific genius" classmate and return to the spot the following day. The craft is gone, but they do find a gold CD containing reproductions of New York Times front pages from 1900 until September of the current year-but it's only May. The unevenly paced narrative makes too little of this time-warp handle until late in the novel, when Liar discovers an opportunity to prevent a rail disaster in Kudzu. The three friends try and succeed, landing them the appearance on Oprah that Liar has long dreamed of (during which he creatively embellishes his account of their heroics). And the feisty, fast-talking lad's other big wish comes true: he gets a kiss from Justine. Ages 10-14.
