The Big Lie
by Julie Mayhew
In a gripping novel set in present-day England under a Nazi regime, a sheltered teen... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2017
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Best friends--Fiction
- Best friends
- Great Britain--Juvenile fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- National socialism
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Holocaust
- Lesbian teenagers--Juvenile fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--LGBTQ
- Great Britain
- Best friends--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian
- Lesbian teenagers
- Great Britain--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ
- National socialism--Juvenile fiction
- National socialism--Fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Historical--Holocaust
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Dystopian
- Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction
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Outstanding International Books, 2006-2022
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