What I Saw and How I Lied
by Judy Blundell
Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 750L · 2008
Why we'd hand it over
A Newbery winner that earns its acclaim: the dual timeline slowly deconstructs Evie's version of events, teaching teens that truth is complicated and that witnessing (or lying about it) has real moral weight.