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In the early twentieth century, young orphan Maud Flynn hopes to finally be loved when she is adopted by the elderly Hawthorne sisters, but she is instead roped into the family's crooked s?ance business.

As their father waits to hear if they will be granted asylum in Britain, Femi is getting deeper in trouble with the gang he's running with and the lies he's telling.

Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symmes's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

Fifteen-year-old Eli, locked inside a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as his father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily disintegrates over the course of six years.

Bobby and his friends, bored in the summer before tenth grade, create a kid named Rowan Pohi and apply in his name to the prestigious Whitestone Prep, and when Rowan is accepted, Bobby decides to reinvent himself as the imaginary boy and attend in his place.

Presents William Shakespeare's play in which a man, swayed by his jealous friend's deceptions, tragically doubts his wife's faithfulness; and includes an introduction, text glosses, the "Willow" song, background on Shakespeare and his world, a list of further resources, and tools and suggestions for exploring the play in the classroom.

As Prince Florin of Moltovia races to join his father at a banquet to celebrate the war's end, he encounters a devastating betrayal that separates him from his father and loyal followers, placing him as a lowly apprentice to the spiteful and wily court jester, Mimus.

Reveals the details of the 1943 plan by British intelligence to deceive Germany into believing an Allied invasion would take place either in Greece or Sardinia rather than in Sicily.

Lulu, desperate to expose her father's fiancee, ex-supermodel Varaminta, and the woman's son Torquil for the mean and dreadful people they really are, gets her hands on a cookbook full of magical recipes--including one that makes people tell the truth.

Examines the psychology behind the need to occasionally deceive or lie and maintains that it is the fundamental human condition that causes people to weave tales and engage in falsehoods.

Explores the question of dishonesty from Washington to Wall Street, and the classroom to the workplace, to examine why cheating is so prevalent and what can be done to prevent it.

Presents more than 100 descriptions of fabrications and hoaxes that have been played out around the world.

An investigation of the nature of truth, ethics, and deception.