With World Book Day just around the corner, we’re celebrating the publication of This Story is a Lie, a new YA thriller by Benjamin Dean that is out today with Simon & Schuster!
This Story is a Lie will be the Independent Readers book for World Book Day 2025, where readers can exchange their £1/€1.50 token for this book.
Harley Matthews is used to fading into the background. But all that changes when he’s selected to compete in the Rising Stars programme for gifted and talented students. With his world turned upside down as he’s thrusted in the school’s limelight, he has to face the reality that someone wants him out of the competition. But remember, this story is a lie.
Benjamin Dean is an award-winning author of several books, including YA books How to Die Famous and The King is Dead, and middle grade books The Boy Who Fell From the Sky, The Secret Sunshine Project, and Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow. He has also contributed to the children’s anthologies The Very Merry Murder Club and The Super Sunny Murder Club.
Grab you copy of This Story is a Lie here or exchange your token for the book on World Book Day until 23rd March 2025!
