I will not tell a lie. I will not tell a lie. I will not tell a lie. I will not tell a lie. Seventeen-year-old Micah readily admits that she is a liar. She explains that she lies to hide the family secret (which I will not divulge so as to not give away too much of the story). So, when she is a freshman at a private New York high school and everyone thinks she is a boy because of her name and short hairstyle, she goes along with it. When questioned on that fib, she leads her classmates into thinking she was born a hermaphrodite. She also lies that her father is an arms dealer. Micah’s lies come back to haunt her when popular student, Zack is murdered. When everyone finds out that Micah and Zack had a secret relationship the whispers and gossip begins. Could she be Zack’s killer? After finishing this book, the ending is so ambiguous that I’m not sure that she did or didn’t. For those who desire an original premise and like speculative fiction, this one is definitely for you. Because of language and mild sexual situations, I recommend this one to older teens.
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