This is one of my favourite types of plot, having more than one, and Rebecca Stead has written Liar and Spy in a way that keeps them all closely linked together until each sub-plot either ends, twists or merges with another.

X, but also developing the relationship between Georges and his dad, seeing how Georges survives at school against the two bullies Dallas Llewellyn and Carter Dixon and finding out exactly what The Science Unit of Destiny (A.K.A How We Taste) will reveal to the superstitious twelve-year-olds in Georges' class. The novel doesn't just have the sole purpose of discovering how Georges and Safer will unravel the evil plans of Mr.

Georges and his dad go to a restaurant and receive a short (yet rather funny) message from the chef, in just three pages. For example, chapter 21 is called A Message from the Chef, which is exactly what it says on the tin. At first I was quite annoyed with how long each chapter was - on average six pages – purely because I've personally never liked short chapters, but the more I read the more I began to appreciate the short, yet fitting chapter length as I began to see that it helped each chapter fit its title.

Liar and spy Wild at Heart (book)