Karen M. McManus
Read in 9th grade
Teen book
5 high school seniors, each with a secret to keep, all in one room for detention because of a phone that wasn’t theirs. Then, one of them, Simon, dies while the teacher is outside the room to investigate a car accident. No one can figure out which one of the other four did it. To make matters worse, the boy who died was the creator of About That, an app that exposed the deepest secrets of everyone in the school. And his next post was about the four in the room. The story makes media headlines as each person is exposed, Bronwyn for cheating through chemistry, Addy for cheating on her boyfriend, Nate on selling drugs, and Cooper for being gay. It makes their lives horrible, but instead of turning on each other and making accusations, they band together and dig in to the story behind the boy who was murdered. He had depression, he made nasty posts on revenge forums, and had the whole school in his grip with his secrets. They finally find something. Someone continued About That after the murder, and at least one was written by Addy’s boyfriend, Jake. Then, Nate is arrested because the medication Simon needed to survive the day he died is found in his locker. But all is not over. Addy finds from Simon’s girlfriend that Jake was told about her cheating, and teamed up with Simon to get revenge. No one murdered Simon. It was suicide. And he wanted it to be different, something people would remember, and wanted revenge in the process. With this evidence, Nate is freed, and all is well.
...Or is it? Read One of Us Is Next here.
Note: There is a whole lot more romance and sexual content than I have written here.
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