![]() ![]() This is much more of an adventure story, involving a secret government spy agency. So, once I received my copy of the American version (which has been retitled "This Story is a Lie") and started reading it, I was surprised at how different it was. ![]() Also like "Curious Incident", although it is marketed as a "young adult" novel, this book seems to be getting a lot of positive press and readership from adults. ![]() He unexpectedly gets caught up solving a mystery involving violence. There are similarities: The protagonist/narrator is a math-loving British boy whose unusual behaviors (he is antisocial, compulsive, overly literal, and apt to recite lists of numbers in times of stress) are a problem for his mother. When I first read a description of the book, it sounded to me a lot like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. The book was initially released in the UK under the title "White Rabbit, Red Wolf". So, he is in trouble when his mother is almost killed and his sister disappears.but he is uncharacteristically brave as he uses both his mathematical ability and his unusual relationship with fear to figure out what happened. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is afraid of most things, but he loves his mother (a famous research psychologist), his twin sister (a tough girl who looks out for him), and math. A list compiled by Alex Kasman ( College of Charleston) ![]()
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