Set in a small village, this extraordinary boy John Egan first realized his powers when his father ruthlessly killed three kittens and lied about not feeling bad.

They were broken when conditions forced them to move to the growing misery of a big city.

His dream was to get a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first human lie detector.

Tragedy strikes when he reveals a life-changing and deep secret of his dad.

This book ends with his Guinness dream being rejected and his disastrous truth-detecting powers declining.