Francine Prose Release Date: 01 June 2010 Format: Paperback Pages: 262 Publisher: Harper Teen ISBN: 9780061375194 ISBN-10: 0061375195
Did they, or didn't they?
Did she, or didn't she?
Something happened to fourteen-year-old Maisie Willardsomething involving her three friends, all boys. But their stories don't match, and the rumors spin out of control. Then other people get involved . . . the school, the parents, the lawyers. The incident at the back of the bus becomes the center of Maisie's life, the talk of the school and, horribly, it becomes news. With just a few words and a touch, the kids and their community are changed forever.
From nationally acclaimed author Francine Prose comes an unforgettable story about the difficulties of telling the truth, the consequences of lying, and the most dangerous twist of allthe possibility that you yourself will come to believe something that you know isn't true.