Secrets and lies

Title:

Secrets and lies

Author:

Green, Jacqueline, 1983-

ISBN:

9780316220316

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Abstract:

"In Echo Bay, Massachusetts, a beach town haunted by misfortune, Tenley Reed, Sydney Morgan, and Emerson Cunningham come together to investigate a murder, while old mysteries resurface and new dares appear"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject:

Murder -- Juvenile fiction.

Conduct of life -- Fiction.

Massachusetts -- Juvenile fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Young adult fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Young adult fiction.

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Audience	Shelf Location	Material Type	Shelf Number	Current Location
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Summary

Can you keep a secret?
Tenley Reed and Sydney Morgan have never seen eye to eye -- until now. United by a common goal, they are determined to find out who was behind their friend's murder. Joined by Emerson Cunningham, a gorgeous but troubled teen model, the girls start their own investigation. But in the isolated beach town of Echo Bay, it's hard to know who's a friend and who's an enemy.
Secrets and Lies is the second book in the Truth or Dare series -- and will keep readers in suspense from beginning to end.

Author Notes

Jacqueline Green received a BA from Cornell University and an MFA in writing for children from the New School. She grew up in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, daughter, and their tiny dog. She is the author of the Truth or Dare series.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-Readers who have an extraordinary ability to suspend disbelief will be the primary audience for this sequel to Green's Truth or Dare (Little, Brown, 2013). The novel picks right back up with main characters Emerson (a model who had an affair with the father of a classmate), Sydney (a talented photographer who is also an arsonist), and Tenley (a mean girl beauty who is afraid that her breast implants will become public knowledge) as they receive letters and texts threatening to divulge their secrets to the world at large: "Time for a new game, girls: Show and Tell. The only rule? Don't tell. Or I'll show your secrets to the world." Terrified of exposure, the teens are desperate to figure out who killed the five "Lost Girls" in their hometown of trendy Echo Bay, MA, and to avoid becoming the next victims. Red herrings abound as the clueless protagonists face attacks, such as glass bottles being thrown at their heads, being pushed underwater in a hot tub, locked into a club vault, and finding a murdered pet. A confusion of characters, unrealistic and overly dramatic plot, a completely unresolved ending, and choppy writing may further limit the potential audience. Casual drinking, sex, and some drug use make this book suitable for older readers. Suggest the YA classic Lois Duncan's I Know What You Did Last Summer (Little, Brown, 1973) as a better choice.-Susan Riley, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.