![]() ![]() Evie recalls that all the trouble started the day before her stepfather took the family on a vacation to Florida. The next morning, Evie takes a bike ride to the beach, reflecting on how the events of the past year could have happened and how she could have prevented them without letting the reader in on the actual events in question. Evie lies awake on the bed beside her mother, pretending to be asleep but very aware of her mother’s presence. They are afraid to leave the room as they fear people might recognize them from the headlines of the newspapers. The two women are alone in a hotel room in Palm Beach, Florida. The novel opens with Evie and her mother, Beverly. Through her narration, Evie tells the reader about the events of the past year, politically as well as the goings on in her own personal life. This coming-of-age tale follows the story of Evie, a teenage girl in the year 1947. The novel is a work of historical fiction set in post-World War II America. ![]() ![]() National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. ![]() The book was published by Scholastic in 2008, and went on to win the annual U.S. What I Saw And How I Lied is a young adult novel written by Judy Blundell. ![]()
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