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Is Georgia's mind playing tricks on her, or is the entire town walking into the arms of a killer who has everyone but her fooled?
When seventeen-year-old Georgia's brother drowns while surfing halfway around the world in Australia, she refuses to believe Lucky's death was just bad luck. Lucky was smart. He wouldn't have surfed in waters more dangerous than he could handle. Then a stranger named Fin arrives in False Bay, claiming to have been Lucky's best friend. Soon Fin is working for Lucky's father, charming Lucky's mother, dating his girlfriend. Georgia begins to wonder: did Fin murder Lucky in order to take over his whole life?
Determined to clear the fog from her mind in order to uncover the truth about Lucky's death, Georgia secretly stops taking the medication that keeps away the voices in her head. Georgia is certain she's getting closer and closer to the truth about Fin, but as she does, her mental state becomes more and more precarious, and no one seems to trust what she's saying.
As the chilling narrative unfolds, the reader must decide whether Georgia's descent into madness is causing her to see things that don't exist–or to see a deadly truth that no one else can.
"Georgia's suspicious mind is a fascinating place to spend time ... this moody mystery will keep readers hooked." - Publishers Weekly
"A solid page turner." - Kirkus
"Prinz subtly moves Georgia from credible to unreliable narrator in such a way that neither characters nor readers know what to believe...A remarkable exposé into mental illness." - Booklist
"The protagonist ranks among the best of unreliable narrators in YA literature, leaving readers uncertain, confused, and utterly absorbed...Give this dark, broody novel to psychological drama fans and teens who enjoy books by Alex Flinn, David Klass, Pete Hautman, and Gail Giles." - School Library Journal
"A remarkable page-turner... Keep[s] readers wondering, twist by twist, if Georgia's universe will simply burst apart." - Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle
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Yvonne Prinz is the award-winning author of The Vinyl Princess and All You Get Is Me. A Canadian living in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is the cofounder of Amoeba Music, the world's largest independent music store.
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