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Little Red Lies
Little Red Lies | Julie Johnston
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The war is over, but for thirteen-year-old Rachel, the battle has just begun. Putting childhood behind her, she knows what she wants - to prove she has acting talent worthy of the school drama club, and what she doesn't want - to romantically fall for someone completely inappropriate. Worries about her veteran brother's failing health and repugnance at her mother's unexpected and unwanted pregnancy drive her to seek solace from a seemingly sympathetic, but self-serving teacher. The lies she tells herself hoping to reach solutions to the problems complicating her life merely function to make matters worse. Ultimately, she finds a way to come to terms with life as it reaches an end and life as it begins.
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"You have to be part of the world, not just an innocent bystander, love. When - notice I'm not saying if - the Martians land, you need to be able to answer this one question, because you can rest assured they're going to ask it. 'What's it like,' they'll ask. 'What's it like to be a human?' And you'll have to tell them what it's like to suffer and what it's like to rejoice."

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