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  • Age Range: 12 and up
  • Grade Level: 7 and up
  • Lexile Measure: 670 (What's this?)
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Ember; 1 Reprint edition (August 10, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385734492
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385734493
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsAnd Another Book Read's Reviews
By And Another Book Read on March 2, 2010
Format: Hardcover
The Fountain family has faced endless grief within the last couple of years and their future seems quite bleak as well. First the children's mother died, after refusing treatment for her fatal cancer so that she could give life to their baby brother Tris. Then, just two years later their father dies in a terrible accident leaving the four Fountain children alone and parentless with only their self-involved Aunt Cheryl left to care for them.

Within weeks the two Fountain daughters, Madison and Smithy flee, one going to live with her godparents and the other going to a boarding school hundreds of miles away. This leaves Jack to be the strong one, the one to take care of Tris, because Cheryl really only cares about herself and home makeover shows on TV.

As Tris' third birthday approaches, Cheryl decides that she is ready for fame and sells the family's soap-opera story to a reality television producer and Jack knows that his life is about to be thrown upside down once again. The thing is though this event brings the family together again. Along the way they find out some troubling information that makes them think....did the witness of their dad's death lie?

I believe if you looked up Caroline B. Cooney up in an encyclopedia you find "... author of heart-thudding thrillers." I could literally not stop reading this book and absolutely gobbled it up. The book as a whole was great, but there were definitely some holes that I wish had been patched up.

First of all, the plot was very original and was the driving force behind the "heart-thudding" feeling you got while reading the book. I loved how the author took a mystery and turned it into a novel about family, friendship, trust, loss, and love.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsThis book is terribly unrealistic. The whole premise falls apart if you ...
By Akemi on April 15, 2016
Format: Paperback
This book is terribly unrealistic. The whole premise falls apart if you use the slightest bit of thought. Like, would people REALLY believe that a toddler is capable of moving a parking break to run over his father? Would people REALLY picket a dying mother's house? Would they REALLY let this strange woman into their house? None of this adds up and so it makes the book very frustrating and annoying to read.

Also there is a lot of hatred of reality television, which can be dippy but who'd want to make a show about this woman and these people?
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting Premise
By Amazon Customer on March 1, 2013
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Twelve-year-old Jack and his two sisters mourn for their mother but they still have room in their hearts to love Tris, the baby she died for. When their dad dies in a driveway accident that everyone believes is caused by Tris the Fountain family falls apart. Smithy goes off to boarding school and Madison goes to live with her godparents. That leaves only Jack to care for Tris. The only adult at the house is an unrelated aunt who loves the house but not the children.

The media had a field day at the time of the accident and now Aunt Cheryl wants to bring back all their pain on live TV. She contacts a television producer about telling their story. She tries to convince Jack this will help the family find closure, but Jack can only see the cruelty and damage that will be done to Tris when he sees the program later in life.

The only way to keep this from happening is to keep Tris away from the house until after the television crew leaves. Jack knows this is only a stopgap. Tomorrow they will be back, but he concentrates on what he can do now. With the help of Diana, Tris' frequent babysitter, he manages to stay away all day, but darkness is coming and Aunt Cheryl will sob to the police if they don't show up soon.

Meanwhile his sisters decide to come home. Feeling guilty about leaving, they show up in time to find out what is happening, but their objections mean no more than Jack's.

Cooney writes a tense narrative of a family who find that together they can change their circumstances. There is not much mystery here, but it works as a thriller. Though there is an unrealistic scene that jerks you out of events, and a hole in the plot, once you're caught up in the story, you'll read until the end. Jack and his brother are so sympathetic that readers must know what happens next.
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5.0 out of 5 starsClassic suspenseful Cooney
By The Compulsive Reader VINE VOICE on December 13, 2009
Format: Hardcover
The Fountain family has been the focus of major media attention three times: when mother Laura Fountain made a decision that changed her family's life, when she died, and when her husband died. Now the four remaining Fountain children live scattered, fifteen-year-old Jack living and two-year-old Tris with their aunt Cheryl, and Smithy and Madison living at boarding school and with godparents. Jack has reformatted his life so his only job is to protect Tris, but when attention-seeking Cheryl invites the media back into their lives once more, it becomes impossible. Now the three older siblings will have to face their pain and grief and come together to not only protect Tris, but discover the truth.

Caroline B. Cooney's latest suspense novel has contains her trademark fast-paced, blunt style that makes her books so easy to absorbed in. Her third person, present tense narrative allows Cooney to character hop, which always keeps things interesting. Though the mystery is a bit simplistic, its tight time line is wrought with tension and never lags, making If the Witness Lied an excellent novel for reluctant readers.

The characters in the novel are also well done; Cheryl is truly intimidating, and her power makes her a character you love to hate. Though the Fountain parents are deceased, Cooney has a talent for weaving in small and surprising details that make them seem three-dimensional and real, also making their children's loss more meaningful. The older siblings are also very interesting as Cooney explores their memories and how their loss affects them all in different ways. Despite their pain and issues, you can't help but admire the way Madison, Jack, and Smithy come together to protect Tris.

The conclusion comes together rather quickly and easily, but it is a very satisfying one. Cooney's latest book is inventive and excellent, with a mystery that is unconventional and fascinating.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDelivered as expected.

Delivered as expected.

Published 2 months ago by J. M. Bilodeau
3.0 out of 5 starseh

Its a strange book with a weird plot, and it was kind of hard for me to follow. I did read it when I was 13.... maybe thats why i couldn't follow it.... but still.

Published 8 months ago by Lisa S. Barhite
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Published on February 22, 2013 by Malloy Kindle
2.0 out of 5 starsIf the witness lied...disappointing

Although my students and I like reading C. Cooney, this was a disappointing story. The children in the story were under great stress, and the premise that no adult could/would... Read more

Published on May 30, 2010 by M. Smith
5.0 out of 5 starsA realistic look at how families are often torn apart after tragedy

The Fountain family may as well be associated with any other family scrutinized under the public eye because of reality shows or docudramas. Read more

Published on September 22, 2009 by Teen Reads
5.0 out of 5 starsClassic mystery/suspense from Caroline Cooney

Caroline Cooney has a long history of award-winning adventure/mystery/suspense/child in peril type of books. IF THE WITNESS LIED will not disappoint her fans. Read more

Published on July 13, 2009 by Maggie Knapp

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