What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell was a superb book about a young girl growing up in Post World War II America. Evie's step father is back from the war and is acting weird. He soon is receiving mysterious phone calls. Suddenly he packs the family up and drives down to Florida. They settle in Palm Beach, and soon run into a couple named the Graysons and a charismatic young soldier named Peter Coleridge. Evie is quickly smitten with Peter and does all she can do be with him. But soon, she, her parents and Peter are snarled into a tangled web of lies, deceit, and murder.
This historical piece of fiction written for young adults is filled with facts about life during and after the war. Readers get a sense of what it is like to go through this harrowing time. Young readers will identify with Evie as she experiences her first kiss and her first love. They will start to question what they would do in Evie's place. This books brings up the question of family loyalties and the bonds of friendship.
