Pants on Fire
Katie Ellison is not a liar. It’s just that telling the truth is so . . . tricky.
She knows she shouldn’t be making out with a drama club hottie behind her football player boyfriend’s back. She
should probably admit that she can’t stand eating quahogs (clams), especially since she’s running for Quahog Princess in her hometown’s annual Quahog Festival, or telling her daily out-of-towners at the Gull n’ Gulp that the corner booth is reserved for a party, when really it’s just for her popular friends and the school football players. And it would be a relief to finally tell someone what really happened the night “Tommy Sullivan is a freak” was spray-painted on the new wall outside the high school gym. After all, everyone knows that’s what drove Tommy out of town four years ago. But now Tommy Sullivan has come back. Katie is sure he’s out for revenge, and she’ll do anything to hang on to her perfect (if slightly dishonest) existence, even if it means telling more lies than ever. Even if now that Tommy’s around, she’s truthfully, having the time of her life.
I have read Pants on Fire twice now and it is truthfully the kind of book you can read over and over again. This book lives up to the rest of Meg Cabot’s amazing books. Pants on Fire shows you how much harm one lie does, and how it leads to more. Meg Cabot teaches you to be honest with yourself and everyone around you. I would highly recommend this book to teenage girls.
