Monday, August 14, 2017

One of Us is Lying/Karen M. McManus/360 pgs.

It starts out like a scene from the movie, The Breakfast Club. 5 high school students are sent to detention: Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon. Bronwyn is the "smart" one; Addy is the "beauty;" Nate is the "bad boy;" Cooper is the baseball "jock;" and Simon is on the outside looking in. Simon writes a blog of dirty little secrets of his fellow classmates--which happen to be true. So, when he ends up dying in detention, the four others in the room become prime suspects. The book is told in alternating chapters in the remaining characters' voices. For a debut YA novel, I found it very engrossing, with teenage angst coming through loud and clear! Recommended!

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