How far would you go to be perfect?
Kara has the perfect life. At least, thatâs what she wants everyone to believe. The truth is, she works hard to maintain that illusion.
But when a moment of doubt leads Kara to do something riskyâand illegalâsomeone sees. Before she knows it, sheâs drawn into an unlikely group of classmates, all bound together by secrets of their own. Secrets that are being used against them.
Soon Kara is forced to confront how far sheâs willing to go to be perfectâand if thatâs something she really wants to be. Â
âReminiscent of the novels of Joan Lowery Nixon and Lois Duncan, this mystery set in a modern-day well-to-do suburb in California will keep readers turning the pages.â âSchool Library Journal
âFull of well-developed, diverse supporting characters. For teens who enjoy mysteries in the form of timely, realistic fiction.â âVoice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
âReaders will be kept guessing.â âKirkus Reviews
Michelle Falkoff is the author of Playlist for the Dead, Pushing Perfect, and Questions I Want to Ask You. Her fiction and reviews have been published in ZYZZYVA, DoubleTake, and the Harvard Review, among other places. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writersâ Workshop and currently serves as director of communication and legal reasoning at Northwestern University School of Law. Visit her online at www.michellefalkoff.com.