num_pages: 155
description: Thirteen-year-old Laney is not happy caught between her divorced parents, but she’s learning to adjust. One day Laney bumps into her classmate Tom, who is of white and Iroquois descent. Walking in the nearby bog, they discover two terrifying false-face Indian masks. But even more horrible is what lies beneath them. As the mystery unfolds, Laney, troubled by the animosity between her parents, and Tom, desperate to return to his dead father’s Native American heritage, must come to grips with the power of the masks to both heal and harm. The friends find themselves in the midst of a harrowing ordeal that ultimately brings them face to face with love, hatred, and prejudice.
language: English
title: False Face
titlecomplete: False Face
genres: Young Adult, Childrens, Horror, Fiction, Fantasy, Canada
ratings_count: 60
places: London, Ontario
publisher: Groundwood Books