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One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus

Ages 13–17

Readers rate it 3.7 (964 on Hardcover)

360 pages · Released 2017

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One of Us Is Lying is a popular YA mystery thriller centered on a murder investigation at a high school, making it fundamentally darker in tone than middle-grade fiction. While the violence is not graphic, the premise involves a student death and police investigation, along with themes of secrets, manipulation, and moral compromise. The book is best suited for mature teens who enjoy mysteries and can handle suspenseful, morally complex scenarios.

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Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. C... Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he’d planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who’s still on the loose? Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.

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  • Children's fiction
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Murder, fiction
  • Schools, fiction
  • Young adult fiction
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Fiction
  • YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
  • Murder
  • YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
  • High schools
  • Schools

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ISBN 9781524714680 · Penguin Books