The Lying Game

YA mystery 

     "Laurel sniffed and took one step away.  Emma slid her finger under the flap on the envelope and pulled out a sheet of lined paper.

     Sutton's dead.  Tell no one.  Keep 

     playing along...or you're next."

     Emma, protagonist of Sara Shepard's The Lying Game, has never caught a decent break.  From early childhood she's resided in a series of group homes and not well vetted foster families.  As we meet her the foster mom who had promised to keep a roof over her head through high school graduation has just given her two weeks notice. 

     Imagine Emma's surprise when an internet video leads her to the discovery of a twin sister, Sutton, who had been adopted into a wealthy family!  What's even more amazing is that when she emails Sutton she gets an invitation.  Maybe they'll hit it off.  Maybe her new found sister will give her a place to crash during their upcoming senior year.

     Things don't go according to plan.  When Emma arrives Sutton is nowhere to be seen.  In fact Sutton's Sutton's family and friends believe that Emma is Sutton, despite her attempts to convince them otherwise...

     ...and this may have entirely have to do with the girls' similarities in appearance.  It seems that Sutton was the ringleader of a special gang of mean girls who specialize in outdoing each other in cruel practical jokes.  There are plenty of people with motives to stop her for good...

     ...people who might see the unexpected appearance of an identical twin as a way to prevent a police search that could turn up dark secrets.

     If you enjoy mysteries centered around rich girls gone horribly bad you'll want to join Emma as she tries to track down Sutton's killer.

On a purrrsonal note, once again the television meteorologists are gleefully describing an upcoming big storm that will slam us right during morning commute.  Not exactly unexpected in Maine in February.  Possibly UMaine will give us a snow day.  I'm not taking the bus.  When I walk down Route 2 in totally crappy visibility I feel like the little frog in the Frogger game, trying to not get squished by all those huge vehicles.  My best friend, Lisa Morin, will give me a ride if school is still on.  I plan to wear my pajamas inside out to try to help tip the scales toward snow day.  (Jules)

I want snow day, snow day!!!  Snowy weather should be snuggle weather.  (Tobago)

A great shout out goes out to Lisa Morin.

Tobago and Jules Hathaway 

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