Jackie Thomas is a quiet, cheerful high school senior. She wears bulky sweaters and loose jeans, earns perfect grades and is ready and excited to attend Stanford in the fall. But when she is framed for robbing a jewelry store in her home town of South Carolina, she starts to question who her friends really are. In this realistic fiction/ mystery novel, secrets of Jackie's past will be revealed, her insecurities will come out, and her friends and family will see if they know the real Jackie Thomas.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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