num_pages: 176
description: Ailsa doesn't trust MCC Berkshire, the mysterious man helping out in her mother's antique shop. He tells wonderful stories about all the antiques, and his stories persuade the customers to buy the items he talks about, but everything he says is a pack of lies. Isn't it?The story of Ailsa and MCC is interwoven with the stories MCC tells the customers, which range from romances to adventure stories; from crime dramas to pirate stories; from stories set in modern-day Ireland to stories set in ancient China.
language: English
title: A Pack of Lies
titlecomplete: A Pack of Lies
characters: Ailsa
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 506
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Oxford University Press