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1: My Opinion
"Who is the good lier?" What was said in this fiction novel called The Good Liar written by Gregory Maguire. Did any body help the Jews back in the Holocaust? Well this book here tells you. Well there was one family. The family lived in France back in World War 2 and while she was helping the Jews hide from the Germans. Her boy's mother didn't know that they were friends with a German soilder! Does the soilder find out or will they be safe read this and find out. The main characters were the narrator and a brother of the two boys, Pierre a 12 year old boy, Rene a young boy and Maman, the mother of the boys. The point of view was from the narrator. Also the theme of the book is lies are never good big or small. I give this story because it wasn't all that detailed and did not give enough about the charecters like in the beggining of the book. In conclusion I would say its a fairly descent book.
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2: My Opinion
"Who is the good lier?" What was said in this book called The Good Liar written by Gregory Maguire . Did any body help the jews back in the holocaust? Well this book here tells you. Well there was one person. The family lived in france back in world war 2 and while she was helping the Jews hide from the Germans. Her boys didnt know that they were friends with a German soilder! Does the soilder find out or will they be safe read this and find out. I give this story because it wasnt all that detailed and it skipped and did not give enough about the charecters like in the begining of the book. this book is recommended for pepole that like history and what might of happend back then. So if you like history than read this and thats my opinion of this good book.
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3: Interesting Recount
Three schoolchildren are in need of materials to report on World War II. Therefore they write to an artist who grew up in France during the time. The whole book is the artist's narration of his family's experiences, dealing with the difficult period. Mr. Maguire's tone and style of writing for this children's literature fit the purpose of an immigrant recounting his childhood. The sentences are short, easy to understand, and the story itself, most of the time funny. And, at the end the reader finds out who is the best liar of all.
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4: A Great Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups
Great book for adolescents interested in history. This is a suspenseful and fast-moving story of a young French boy who is learning to live with the German occupation. As the title and the book jacket reveals, the theme of the story is lying - whether thats means lying about your homework, or hiding Jews in the attic, it all (at first) seems a game to the protagonist. Well written tale. Provides some historical insight into the war and the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Europe. I read this it aloud to my son and he loved it (I did too). Well done. Great suspense story for young adults with a good dose of historical insight.
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5: The Good Liar
If you ask me I would rate this book a 7 out of ten. It's a good book but I think the author skips through things to fast. For example, It barely mentioned the fact that Marcel's the main character, family was hiding Jews. It mentioned it once then not again until the Jews ran away. Also, the author could have done a better job explaining how tough times were back then. He never mentioned why his family only had one bike or why there wasn't much food. Over all it was a pretty good book
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