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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jack Parker is a charming fifteen-year-old who has always skated by on his lies, especially the one about Mikey, an underprivileged (and made-up) teenwho Jack 'tutors'. Mikey provides a ready-made excuse for chores, homework,tardiness, and general mayhem. It's a great plan, until one day 'Mikey' showsup for real. And then all Jack's other lies, from his super-possessive girlfriend to the roving band of alien body snatchers, start to come true as well....
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Kevin Shepherd has gotten away with lying his entire life, but when scheming producer Larry Wolf steals Kevin's idea for a hot new video game, the tables get turned. Kevin realizes he's met his match, a Bigger Fatter Liar, when Wolf refuses to admit the truth. Kevin declares, "Game On," as he and his best friend Becca stop at nothing to get Wolf to tell the truth, plotting a series of devious pranks to set the record straight.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The storm is back with an all new ice-breaking adventure! After celebrating their victory over the Snow Queen, Gerda and Orm have given their fellow trolls a taste of freedom. But when Orm gets a cold-hard reality check, they slip into another perilous journey and must protect the world from eternal winter.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come...
5) The hunt
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Danish
Description
Lucas is a former school teacher who has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mark is a desperate unemployed writer who lives in a world where everyone unfailingly tells the truth. People don't even know what fiction is. Every thought, no matter how humiliating or harsh, tumbles out unvarnished. Then one day, Mark becomes so desperate he concocts a lie. In a world where everyone is unfailingly honest, a lie is believed with total and absolute gullibility. Mark can get anything he wants. The one thing he truly wants is the love...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A plastic surgeon who is romancing a much younger schoolteacher enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon-to-be ex-wife in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
8) Pinocchio
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A wooden puppet must earn the right to be a real boy by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish. Includes: all-new digital restoration; an alternate ending; never-before-seen deleted scene; Pinocchio's Puzzles game; music video; and much more.
9) Pinocchio
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish. Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before becoming a real boy. He will require some guidance, and Jiminy Cricket agrees to act as his...
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When a vindictive little girl is disciplined in an exclusive girl's school, the child twists an overheard comment into slander. She accuses her teachers of lesbianism and her gullible grandmother spreads the gossip. Outraged, Karen and Martha fight back in court, but a child's lie is hard to disprove.
11) The dry
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
For Aaron Falk, going back home is not going to be easy. After all, with the area facing an extreme drought, everyone is in a constant state of alert. It is against this strange backdrop that Falk stumbles into a mystery that is four decades old. Many years ago, a teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances. And the more that Falk investigates this cold case, the more he realizes that it may have something to do with the town's more recent tragedies....
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