From the Mysteries & Sleuths shelf
Girls Who Play Dead
Written by Joelle Wellington
HarperCollins · 2025 · 15+
Novel · PB · Fiction
Publisher Pitch
After the murder of his sister Kyla’s best friend, Mikky returns to Prophets Lake. The siblings’ search for answers draws them into their hometown’s darker secrets, where grief and danger sit uncomfortably close together.
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Book-specific representation evidence, separate from reading format.
- Black teenage protagonists: Kyla and Mikky are Black teenagers in the murder mystery. Source for Black teenage protagonists (opens in a new tab)