He joins them for dinner on a regular basis and begins to take Evie and her mother for daily drives.Īs Evie’s relationship is progressing with Peter so is her father’s relationship with Mr. Peter soon becomes a part of Evie’s life, and her family’s life. As it turns out Peter and Evie’s father has known each other in the war. Peter is older, handsome, and asks her to dance. Grayson, Evie gets ready for the dance.Īt the dance Evie gets frustrated and goes outside where she meets Peter Coleridge. Grayson catch her padding her bra, and Mrs. One night, Evie finds out that a school dance is being held at the hotel and she decides to join in. They are at Palm Beach for a vacation, like Evie’s family.
Grayson are a graceful and well to do couple, who also come from New York City. After checking in and getting settled they soon make the acquaintance of the Graysons. A few weeks before fifteen-year-old Evie is supposed to head back to her school, Evie’s stepfather, Joe, who recently got back from the war, uproots Evie, and her mother, Beverly, from their home in Queens, New York to take them on a vacation to Palm Beach, Florida.Īfter a long, hot car trip Evie and her family finally makes it to Palm Beach, to find that it is the off-season and only one hotel is open. What I Saw and How I Lied takes place right after WWII and follows the story of Evie Spooner and her family. The audiobook edition, narrated by Caitlin Greer, appeared on the Young Adult Library Services Association Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list in 2011. What I Saw and How I Lied is historical fiction set in the United States after World War II. National Book Award for Young People's Literature. What I Saw and How I Lied is a novel for young adults written by Judy Blundell and published by Scholastic in 2008.
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