Tall Tales

I just finished the book called Tall Tales. It was about a girl named Meg who moved to a new school and really wanted a friend. She started lying to people about her life and her family because I think she was embarrassed about her family since it was a little messed up. Her dad was an alcoholic and when he was drunk he hurt his kids and once he even broke his son's arm. He was sort of a dangerous man and Meg didn't want other kids to know that. Finally Meg met a girl named Grace and they became best friends. As Grace started telling Meg about her life and family, she asked Meg questions about her family. Since Meg didn't want Grace to know about her family, she started making up lies and getting herself more and more tangled in the lies she told Grace. But, as this caring friendship for each other kept unwrapping, Meg realized that she would soon have to tell Grace the truth about her family. The questions she started to ask herself were if this friendship could last after Meg told the truth? Or would she ruin it when Grace found out Meg was lying to her all along?

This was a great book and it really showed me how important it is to not lie to my friends or anyone in fact, because although it might not seem so at first, the lies can turn into bigger problems and it's very hard to get out of them.