The Lies of the Land by Steven Conn Middle Grade Motivated by love

Motivated by love

When Courtney Gustafson moved into a rental house in the Poets Square neighborhood of Tucson

And can she ever forget her past to embrace her future

In his striking author-illustrator debut

in the middle of a Nashville performance

The Lies of the Land by Steven Conn Middle Grade Motivated by loveA "piercing, unsentimental" (New Yorker) history that boldly challenges the idea of a rural American crisis. It seems everyone has an opinion about rural America. Is it gripped in a tragic decline? Or is it on the cusp of a glorious revival? Is it the key to understanding America today? Steven Conn argues that we're missing the real question: Is rural America even a thing? No, says Conn, who believes we see only what we want to see in the lands beyond