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Pandava volume 1
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English
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Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
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English
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"A story about a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love--think Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine meets Love, Actually "Everybody lies about their lives. What would happen if you shared the truth?" This is the question that Julian Jessop, an eccentric, seventy-nine-year-old artist, poses within a pale green exercise book that he labels The Authenticity Project, before leaving it...
4) Harmless
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English
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When Anna, Emma, and Mariah concoct a story about why they are late getting home one Friday night, their lie has unimaginable consequences for the girls, their families, and the community.
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English
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The author, a behavioral economist, challenges our preconceptions about dishonesty; we all cheat, whether it is copying a paper in the classroom, or white lies on our expense accounts. He explores how unethical behavior works in the personal, professional, and political worlds, and how it affects all of use, even as we think of ourselves as having high moral standards. He explores the question of dishonesty from Washington to Wall Street, and the...
7) The big fib
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
After playing with Miss Finn's discarded boxes and making a mess, her young neighbors first lie about their misdeed and then make things right.
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Allie Finkle's rules for girls volume 5
Language
English
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While trying to spare Erica's feelings so she could go to Brittany's birthday party, Allie disobeys one of her own rules and lies.
10) Winners take all
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Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.
11) The associate
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English
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Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle McAvoy becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed.
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English
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Inspired by her popular New York Times article, "How Honesty Could Make You Happier,"
award-winning journalist Judi Ketteler takes a deep dive into the hard truths about honesty, from her own personal story to the exploding field of research on the subject, at a time when the world seems full of dishonesty-from elected officials, to corporate leaders, to tabloid-like fakery that gets passed off as news . . .
We all want the truth, don't we? In fact,...
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Betty Bunny books volume 3
Language
English
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When a young rabbit breaks a table lamp and blames the Tooth Fairy, her family explains the importance of honesty.
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Publisher
Focus on the Family Pub
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A scuba-diving adventure leads to an unlikely investigation as Wooton and Penny try to find the owner of a camera they discovered at the bottom of Trickle Lake. And that's not the only long-hidden secret being uncovered in Odyssey! In these six thrilling adventures, discover the reason millions of people can't wait to hear another exciting adventure in Odyssey!
16) Liar
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Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
A story about a young girl who makes up exaggerated stories provides questions for a discussion about lying.
17) Being Frank
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Language
English
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Frank is always honest and Grandpa Ernest tells him that he has to be honest but tactful.
19) The deceivers
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Greystone secrets volume 2
Language
English
Description
Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal.
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