The little liar [large print] : a novel / Mitch Albom.
"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. But when the final train is at the station, Nico sees his family being loaded into a large boxcar crowded with other neighbors. Only after it is too late does Nico discover that he helped send the people he loved -- and all the others -- to their doom at Auschwitz. Nico never tells the truth again. In The Little Liar, his first novel set during the Holocaust, Mitch Albom interweaves the stories of Nico, his brother Sebastian, and their schoolmate Fanni, who miraculously survive the death camps and spend years searching for Nico, who has become a pathological liar, and the Nazi officer who radically changed their lives. As the decades pass, Albom reveals the consequences of what they said, did, and endured. A moving parable that explores honesty, survival, revenge and devotion, The Little Liar is Mitch Albom at his very best. Narrated by the voice of Truth itself, it is a timeless story about the harm we inflict with our deceits, and the power of love to ultimately redeem us."-- Page [4] of cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063347694
- ISBN: 0063347695
- ISBN: 9798888804964
- Physical Description: 392 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: large print, 1st Harper edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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Mythomania > Fiction.
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Nazis > Fiction.
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- 41 of 47 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | L.P. ALBOM (Text) | 33114018751750 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | LP Albom (Text) | 31010000851370 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | LP F ALBOM (Text) | 40599001162794 | Adult Large Print New Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | LP ALB (Text) | 50503300486455 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | LP F ALBOM (Text) | 34208400034426 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Benhaven Public Library | LgPrt F Alb (Text) | 33630005248567 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 08/01/2026 |
| Bladen Main Branch | LP FIC ALB (Text) | 30441100308261 | Adult Large Print New Fiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | LP FIC ALBOM, MITCH (Text) | 0112524148846 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Corolla Library | F LT ALB (Text) | 39488600179743 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | LP Fic (Text) | 31554011760120 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. But when the final train is at the station, Nico sees his family being loaded into a large boxcar crowded with other neighbors. Only after it is too late does Nico discover that he helped send the people he loved -- and all the others -- to their doom at Auschwitz. Nico never tells the truth again. In The Little Liar, his first novel set during the Holocaust, Mitch Albom interweaves the stories of Nico, his brother Sebastian, and their schoolmate Fanni, who miraculously survive the death camps and spend years searching for Nico, who has become a pathological liar, and the Nazi officer who radically changed their lives. As the decades pass, Albom reveals the consequences of what they said, did, and endured. A moving parable that explores honesty, survival, revenge and devotion, The Little Liar is Mitch Albom at his very best. Narrated by the voice of Truth itself, it is a timeless story about the harm we inflict with our deceits, and the power of love to ultimately redeem us."--
