The Truth and Lies of Ella Black
The Truth and Lies of Ella Black by EMILY BARR
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0141367008 | 201 Pages | ePub | 2 MB
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0141367008 | 201 Pages | ePub | 2 MB
"I am huddled on a bench, shivering, but I don’t care about being a bit cold because I’m busy. I have a pencil and a sketchpad balanced on my knees, and I’m sitting in a park in front of a view that has the Houses of Parliament in it, leaning on Jack, who is reading a book. I’m totally focused on my drawing. I’m not actually drawing the view in front of me; I do have a few pages of Big Bens in my sketchbook, but it’s just not the thing that seems to be appearing on the page."
The story covers a timespan of forty days in Ella’s life. At the start, she is an ordinary teenager enjoying a school holiday. An only child, she attends an all-girls school and enjoys art. This, however, is where 'normal' ends. There are two sides to Ella: the good girl tries to behave well, work hard and fit in with her schoolmates, but Bad Ella is always lurking in the background…