It Starts With a Lie

Colette McGiver is a freshman at City Bluffs High School. She has all the typical problems any girl her age has: crushes on boys, playing softball, working part-time at her family's soda fountain, and trying to balance family and friends. Her friendship with her best friend, Sally, is tested when Sally asks Colette to do something she's not comfortable with. This starts a series of lies that spin out of control. It Starts With a Lie is the sequel to They're Always With You and continues the story of Collette. a 14-year-old girl growing up in the river town of Red Wing, Minnesota in 1973.Filled with humor, family values, and insights into relationships, It Starts with a Lie takes the reader on a life-changing journey as Colette struggles to remain true to herself. Mary Clare Lockman nailed it! —Connie Hill, editor of fiction for all ages