One of Us Is Lying by Karen McMaus

• This book starts off a lot like the Breakfast Club -- five students enter detention: the baseball phenom,  the academic all-star, the criminal,  the homecoming princess,  and the outcast -- but only four of them leave alive.  While at first the death appears to be an accident, it soon becomes clear that it was murder.

• The four survivors all have a motive for killing Simon, and all of them are in the hot seat.
  

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• As the secrets that they all tried so hard to keep buried are revealed, Bronwyn, Addy, Cooper, and Nate try to figure out who the murderer is and if anyone can be trusted.

This book was so much fun to read that I could not put it down!  I enjoyed the alternating chapters from the four main characters' points of view, and each character was relatable  and went beyond the high school stereotypes.  If you like mysteries, this one is for you.

Grades 8-12