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A Pack of Lies

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A Pack of Lies: twelve stories in one is a children's novel with metafictional elements, written by Geraldine McCaughrean and published by Oxford in 1988. [1]

23 relations: A Pack of Liars, Antique shop, British subject, Carnegie Medal (literary award), Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, Children's literature, Frame story, Geraldine McCaughrean, Goggle-Eyes, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Junk shop, Margery Fisher, Metafiction, One Thousand and One Nights, Oxford University Press, Panchatantra, Provenance, Publishers Weekly, TES (magazine), The Canterbury Tales, The Ghost Drum, The Guardian, The Lion and the Unicorn (journal).

A Pack of Liars

A Pack of Liars is a children fiction novel by Anne Fine.

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Antique shop

An antique shop (or antiques shop) is a retail store specializing in the selling of antiques.

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British subject

The term British subject has had a number of different legal meanings over time.

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Carnegie Medal (literary award)

The Carnegie Medal is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new book for children or young adults.

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Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the United Kingdom.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children.

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Frame story

A frame story (also known as a frame tale or frame narrative) is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.

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Geraldine McCaughrean

Geraldine McCaughrean (born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist.

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Goggle-Eyes

Goggle-Eyes, or My War with Goggle-Eyes in the US, is a children's novel by Anne Fine, published by Hamilton in 1989.

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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a literary award that annually recognises one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom.

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Junk shop

A junk shop is a retail outlet similar to a thrift store which sells mostly used goods at cheap prices.

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Margery Fisher

Margery Lilian Edith Fisher (née Turner) 1913–1992 was a British literary critic and academic.

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Metafiction

Metafiction is a form of literature that emphasizes its own constructedness in a way that continually reminds the reader to be aware that they are reading or viewing a fictional work.

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One Thousand and One Nights

One Thousand and One Nights (ʾAlf layla wa-layla) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Panchatantra

The Panchatantra (IAST: Pañcatantra, पञ्चतन्त्र, "Five Treatises") is an ancient Indian work of political philosophy, in the form of a collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story.

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Provenance

Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object.

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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents.

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TES (magazine)

Tes, formerly known as the Times Educational Supplement, is a weekly UK publication aimed primarily at school teachers in the UK.

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The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales (Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.

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The Ghost Drum

The Ghost Drum is a children's fantasy novel by Susan Price, published by Faber in 1987, and the first book in the Ghost World trilogy (1987 to 1995).

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Lion and the Unicorn (journal)

The Lion and the Unicorn is an academic journal founded in 1977.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pack_of_Lies

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