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McKissack, Patricia C.

Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters

147 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | August, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-375-83619-5 $18.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-93619-X $20.99
(1) 4-6 Illustrated by André Carrilho. In ten original trickster stories, the child narrator either believes in the trickster when no one else does, or alone sees through him. "A Grave Situation" is a cliffhanger; "The Best Lie Ever Told" scores on its crafty staging; and the two-part story about rascally Cake Norris is a humdinger. Grandly melodramatic black-and-white illustrations capture the stories' moods.
Reviewer: Barbara Bader | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2006

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