The Liars Society
By Alyson Gerber
New York: Scholastic Press, 2024. Fiction. 294 pages.
Weatherby Walker is an avid sailor who dreams of going to the prestigious Boston School, the same prep school her late father attended. After winning a district wide sailing regatta, even beating the Boston School's star sailor Jack Hunt, Weatherby is offered a full scholarship to become a student. There's only one problem. Weatherby accidentally cheated in the race, and coming clean will jeopardize everything. But when she arrives at the Boston School, it's quickly apparent that Weatherby's not the only person keeping secrets. Before long, Weatherby and Jack are both tapped in as prospective members of the secret Last Heir society, just as the funds for the class trip go missing. Now, their initiation into Last Heir involves investigating the disappearance of the missing funds -- and may include coming clean about all of their secrets.
This is a fast-paced mystery thriller just right for middle grade readers. Told in alternating perspectives, both Jack and Weatherby make for sympathetic narrators despite their many secrets. A planned series, this book opens up a world with lots of secrets to unpack. Young readers will be clamoring for future installments.
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