A review by laila4343
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

4.0

Really good middle-grade novel about a seventh-grader named Georges (after the painter Seurat) who’s lost his best friend to the cool kids’ table and lost his home because his dad lost his job. Now in a new NYC apartment he meets this kind of oddball kid named Safer who enlists him to spy on his neighbors. Meanwhile, his Mom is gone all the time working double shifts as a nurse. This felt realistic and hopeful and satisfying, about dealing (or not dealing) with some big life changes. Would recommend to 3-7 graders who like realistic fiction.