Ebook {Epub PDF} Once Upon a Lie by Michael R. French

Once Upon a Lie is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. About the Author. A graduate of Stanford University with a degree in English and of Northwestern University with a master’s in journalism, Michael French is the author of twenty-four books: adult and young adult fiction, art criticism, biographies, adaptations, and gender studies. A.  · Book Review of Once Upon a Lie: the Fiction, Paperback by Michael R. French (Terra Nova Books, ).  · Book Review: Once Upon A Lie by Michael French Review by Dawn Thomas Pages Publisher: Terra Nova Books Suspense, Murder, Legal, Trial, Family Dynamics This is the story of Alexandra Baten and Jaleel Robeson. The book begins in the present time from Alex’s point of view. In the present time, she is working on a memoir but is having problems with the ending/5.

Review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto. Awesome storytelling can be found in the fast paced mystery Once Upon a Lie by Michael French! This book does not disappoint. I love how journaling plays such a special role in the story. I can't wait to read more books by Michael French. Once Upon a Lie is a crime thriller by Michael French, but really it is so much more. It tells the story of Jaleel a young African-American man on the run from a tragedy in his home and his fear that he will be blamed for it. He flees to LA, and although he lives as a squatter, Jaleel has managed to make himself. Once Upon a Lie. by: Michael R. French. Twelve-year-old Jaleel Robeson is on the run after the police in his tiny Texas town try to frame him for the death of his father. Once Upon a Lie is about two strangers who become unlikely friends, only to unintentionally put each other's life in jeopardy.

Ironically, for me, Once Upon A Lie is that memoir in search of missing pieces – especially hers and Jaleel’s. In closing, Alex says: “ I look at my story as I look at history. In our ever-changing universe, lives collide, and, like runaway planets, we just keep going.”. Giving this book a 5 Star Review, I hope that Michael French will. In Once Upon a Lie, a story of the Eighties, my two principal characters seem as different as the Americas they live in—one in a white and privileged enclave in Los Angeles, the other a Texas town with walls to climb if you’re poor and black and have the ambition and talent to escape. Their paths cross and a relationship as complex as their. Once Upon A Lie by Michael R. French My rating: 4 of 5 stars Alex, a teen from a wealthy family in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of L.A. meets Jaleel, a poor African American boy, on the other side of Cahuenga Boulevard and is immediately fascinated by his independence, optimism and impeccable.