num_pages: 304
description: A heartbreaking breakthrough novel about coming to grips with a tortured past from acclaimed PUSH novelist Brian JamesBenji has to escape his home. His mother's boyfriend has crossed the line, and Benji can't deal with it anymore. So he leaves behind everything he knows to go live with his father and stepmother in Portland. His stepmother is nice, but he doesn't trust her. His father is testy, refusing to trust Benji. And Benji ... he's just trying not to self-destruct.In this spellbinding novel, Brian James surpasses his previous work to take his place among Adam Rapp, Melvin Burgess, and Kevin Brooks on the razor's edge of teen literature.
language: English
title: Dirty Liar
titlecomplete: Dirty Liar
characters: Benji (Dogboy)
genres: Fiction, Abuse, Contemporary, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Romance
ratings_count: 401
places: Oregon
publisher: Push