Five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive. When one ends up dead, the rest become suspects in his murder. Set in a picturesque high school, "One of Us Is Lying" reveals shocking secrets and explores teenage duplicity. The characters, though archetypal, harbor deep complexities, making for a compelling read for young adults.
Category: Young Adult
We Deserve Monuments
by: Jas Hammondspublished: Nov 29, 2022genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction384 Pages, E-Book from Cloud LibraryGoodReads Link | Story Graph Link Who is cutting onions? This book had me in all of my feels, crying, crying, and doing some more CRYING. I. Characters Seventeen-year-old, Avery Anderson steps out of the car at her grandmother's house in… Continue reading We Deserve Monuments
White Smoke
by: Tiffany D. Jacksonpublished: Sept 14, 2021genre: Horror, Young Adult, Thriller384 Pages, E-Book from Cloud LibraryGoodReads Link Never in a million years did I think I would read a Tiffany D. Jackson, that I didn't like but, this one didn't do it for me. Coming off another horror book, The Stranger Upstairs, I thought this… Continue reading White Smoke
Allegedly
by: Tiffany D. Jacksonpublished: Jan 24, 2017genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Fiction416 Pages, PaperbackGoodReads Link > > Here is an article about a true story that this story is loosely based on. LINK < < I'm on a Tiffany D. Jackson binge and don't regret it. I waited with bated breath as I turned every page… Continue reading Allegedly
Monday’s Not Coming
by: Tiffany D. Jacksonpublished: May 22, 2018genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Mystery, Fiction464 Pages, PaperbackGoodReads Link > > Here is an article about a true story that this book was loosely pulled from - LINK < < I had heard about this book, well before I picked it up to read. Thanks #BlackBookTok. I also researched… Continue reading Monday’s Not Coming
Their Vicious Games
by: Joelle Wellingtonpublished: Jul 25, 2023genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery416 Pages, HardcoverGoodReads Link When The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor. This is the GoodReads synopsis: Adina Walker has known this the entire time she’s been on scholarship at the prestigious Edgewater Academy—a school for the rich (and mostly white) upper class of New England. It’s… Continue reading Their Vicious Games
A Blade So Black
by: L.L. McKinneypublished: Sep 25, 2018genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction384 Pages, Paperback Alice in Wonderland except, the portal to Wonderland is in the back of a hookah lounge in Atlanta, jk jk jk. It's in the broom closet of a pub... in Atlanta. The retelling of this story is just, okay. Very, meh. On the… Continue reading A Blade So Black
People to Follow
by: Olivia Worleypublished: Oct 31, 2023genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Murder Mystery, Fiction352 pages, E-Book ARC Courtesy of NetGalleyGoodReads Link Coming off a 4-day reading hiatus, this was the first book I wanted to pick up, and ironically, it was very similar to last month's read, She Started It. Ten influencers are stuck on a deserted… Continue reading People to Follow
Promise Boys
by: Nick Brookspublished: Jan 31, 2023genre: Young Adult, Murder Mystery, Fiction304 pages, HardcoverGoodReads Link GoodReads Synopsis:The prestigious Urban Promise Prep school might look pristine on the outside, but deadly secrets lurk within. When the principal ends up murdered on school premises and the cops come sniffing around, a trio of students―J.B., Ramón, and Trey―emerge as… Continue reading Promise Boys
Grown
by: Tiffany D. JacksonPublished: Sep 15, 2020Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Murder Mystery, Fiction384 Pages, PaperbackGoodReads Link Enchanted said that everyone says she is mature for her age, even her mother. I would say, all those people were lying. Enchanted Jones is naive, immature, and insecure and rightfully so, she is seventeen. She does not have… Continue reading Grown
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