Little Black Lies

Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com Sara is going to a new school. The school she'll be attending is also the school that is hiring her father as the new janitor. Her mother has run away with one of Sara's former high school teachers to France. Sara is very embarrassed about her father, especially since he suffers from OCD. He also drives old VW buses. Her new school is one...more

Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com Sara is going to a new school. The school she'll be attending is also the school that is hiring her father as the new janitor. Her mother has run away with one of Sara's former high school teachers to France. Sara is very embarrassed about her father, especially since he suffers from OCD. He also drives old VW buses. Her new school is one full of gifted students and snobs. Sara is tired of having a life that is ruined by her parents. She decides that she will invent a new persona. She gets entangled in a web of lies that threatens to destroy not only herself but her father, as well. LITTLE BLACK LIES is a good read. Sara is a believable character, and by the end of the book you know that she would make a good friend. She learns important lessons about the value of a good parent, the love of a friend, and the importance of honesty. This is the second book by Tish Cohen that I have read and I really like her writing. She likes to write about issues that are in the news but are those that we really don't know much about. This book focuses on OCD. I enjoyed that it wasn't by the sufferer but by a family member who has to live with the person with the condition. This is a very good book, well-written and also entertaining.   hide