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Apr 23, 2017brangwinn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Great fantasy with a young female protagonist is set in Victorian England when fossils are being discovered. Faith chafes at the life she is expected to lead—that of playing second fiddle to males. Her father and mother seem to look at her as a babysitter for her younger brother, and yet her mind is sharp. She wants to be a scientist. When her father, a minister who is looked at as an expert in fossils, is sent to a remote island because some of his findings are hoaxes, Faith discovers lots more to the story including a tree that grows stronger when told lies. How she survives others looking for this same tree and in the process, finds out the best lies allow for those hearing the lie to embellish the facts themselves, makes for gripping reading.