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Petits Mensonges Nécessaires (2010)

by Tish Cohen(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

2896472940 (ISBN13: 9782896472949)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Hurtubise

review 1: This book is a wakeup call to people, about how hard teens have to try to fit in. Sara Black is an innocent girl with a janitor for a dad. She wasn’t the most popular girl at school, but when her dad decides to take another janitor job at a high end school this all changes. Sara becomes someone that she’s not, and even disowns her own life. This book gives us as readers an excellent idea why we should always be who we are no matter what. This book is funny, but addresses some serious issues in today’s society. I would recommend this book to teens or anyone who is interested in timely teenaged problems.
review 2: Katherine OrtizApril 27th 2011 Bye Sara Black, Welcome London. ELA 702 Ever had to hide who you are to fit into a new environment? H... moreave you ever been so embarrassed about a particular part of your life and past that you'd do anything to hide it beneath the ashes? And have you ever told such a large lie that it wasn't a little white lie, but more ugly, a little black lie? If you have then you will love the book "Little black lies" by Tish Cohen. Sara is the new girl at Ant High, and things couldn't be any more complicated. But a large factor that added to all of her complications maybe was her father becoming the new janitor with OCD at Anton High. Sara had to deal with so much stress during this story, that it would even make the reader tired. She had to keep up with a school that demanded grades as perfect as Cinderella's glass shoe. The stress of making sure that not only everyone found out that Charlie, the new janitor was related to her but even more her father, but the fact that she didn't want her father finding out she was pretending to not know him, knowing it would basically kill him inside, and seeing her father's face when he discovered the ugly truth about his daughter was too much to handle. Guilt ate Sara through the mess, bubbling up inside her. Sara wasn’t majorly just embarrassed about her father working at her high school, but at what she was trying to hide, mixed in with secrets, the tear bringing past, and her fears that lie in store. Now, no one said keeping secrets would be easy, especially due the facts that secrets…tend to get out… specially when someone sniffs them out soon enough. Sara has undergone so many changes the past year, so many changes that have forced Sara into creating a new character for herself at this all background centered high school, a character that is such out of the range of "little white lies" into little black lies. Making the entire Ant High population believe that your father is a rich neurosurgeon and that she has moved from London England when her dad is really the new janitor, and she's from the small town of Lundon Massachusetts. But having the whole school thinking you're just one of the rest just like Sarawanted, kept her at a high alert place, doing everything in her power to make sure no one finds out of the ugly truth that will send herpopularity crashing into the ground. Sara wanted what everyone else in Anton High wanted, she did not want to be popular, but to fit in. She didn't want to be the outcast of the school. A school formulated upon high standard kids with enough brains to run the country, and a lifestyleto suit a royal family. Sara knew that in a crowd of Ant students, she was the undercover outcast. She didn't want anyone finding out that herfather was the new janitor everyone joked about. She also didn't want anyone finding out about her past ,that was made up of enough secrets,and tears to bring anyone down. So Sara did the unthinkable to make sure that no one ever found out about the fact that her father was the weird new janitor or thatshe lived on the top of an old hardware store. Sara created a new character for herself, lying to everything and everyone that stepped in her path. Soon Sara Black had transformed herself into the unthinkable, she had transformed herself into one of the populars. But was being friendswith Carling Burnack worth the trouble when she added so much more stress into the already high balanced life? Sara sure thought so, puttingup with everything Carling set in her path, and maybe...just maybe, blackmailing was part of her mischievous plans as well. Sara becoming thenew Carling Burnack sidekick creates her many enemies, from all sides. Sara is forced to give up everything to keep her secret and new identityhidden beneath the ashes, even giving up your first love I found the book "Little Black Lies" by Tish Cohen to be such an emotional and exciting book to read. As I read and moved on throughthe book I became more and more excited aboutwhat was going to occurr next. This book has deeper meaning hidden beneath the words though. This book shows that no matter how changing who you are to fit in isn't worth it, specially when you are hiding such critical parts that make up whom you really are. Sara everything that was her, and everything that made up her life to fit into the crowd. But more importantly forher friendship with the most popular girl in the school, Carling to stay intact. But hiding who you are never turns out well, and especiallyfor thislittle liar. No matter how hard Sara tries, in the end everything collapses in the most unpredictable ways, in ways unimaginable. I recommendthis book to anyone who is searching for a story about trying to fit into a completely different environment by hiding your entire life story, andwho you are. I would also recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a high climax story filled with lies, secrets, and the heart shreddingtruth. Now, lies are meant to be unveiled at some point, specially with Sara in the lead. less

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