The Lie Tree – Frances Hardinge – Mystery Set in Victorian England, 14-year-old Faith and her family have moved to the island of Vane. Her strict clergyman father has been caught in a scandal regarding some scientific discoveries and the family hopes to let the news settle down while they take up residence away from it all. Faith follows in her father’s footsteps in that she is interested in science. But for a female of this time period, these interests are frowned upon. Eventually, news of the scandal reaches this island and Faith’s father is found dead, suspected of committing suicide because of the shame associated with his actions. But Faith has the mind of an observant scientist and believes her father has been murdered. But who? And how?
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