Whoppers
History's Most Outrageous Lies and Liars
Published on 1. September 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-936976-98-0 (ISBN)
Description
"Whoppers presents the fascinating stories of over fifty people who lied for money, fame, honor, acceptance, and, sometimes, just for the heck of it."--Page 4 of cover.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Orange Avenue Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fifth Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 10 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
25 b-w photos
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-936976-98-0 (9781936976980)
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Christine Seifert is a native North Dakotan, a professor at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a Young Adult writer. She is the author of the YA novel The Predicteds, as well as the nonfiction books Whoppers: History's Most Outrageous Lies and Liars and The Endless Wait: Virginity in Young Adult Literature (2015). She writes for BitchMagazine and other publications, and has presented at academic conferences on such diverse topics as as Writing, Rhetoric, Twilight, and Jersey Shore.