The S-Word

First it was SLUT scribbled all over Lizzie Harts locker. But one week after Lizzie kills herself, SUICIDE SLUT replaces itin Lizzie's looping scrawl. Lizzies reputation is destroyed when she's caught in bed with her best friends boyfriend on prom night. With the whole school turned against her, and Angie not speaking to her, Lizzie takes her own life. But someone isnt letting her go quietly. As graffiti and photocopies of Lizzies diary plaster the school, Angie begins a relentless investigation into who, exactly, made Lizzie feel she didnt deserve to keep living. And while she claims she simply wants to punish Lizzies tormentors, Angie's own anguish over abandoning her best friend will drive her deep into the dark, twisted side of Verity Highand she might not be able to pull herself back out. Debut author Chelsea Pitcher daringly depicts the harsh reality of modern high schools, where one bad decision can ruin a reputation, and one cruel word can ruin a life. Angies quest for the truth behind Lizzies suicide is addictive and thrilling, and her razor-sharp wit and fierce sleuthing skills makes her impossible not to root foreven when it becomes clear that both avenging Lizzie and avoiding self-destruction might not be possible. Lizzie wasn't the first student at Verity High School to kill herself this year. But the difference is, she didn't go quietly. Lizzie's reputation is destroyed when she's caught in bed with her best friend's boyfriend on prom night. With the whole school turned against her, and Angie not speaking to her, she takes her own life. But someone isn't letting her go quietly. As graffiti and photocopies of Lizzie's diary plaster the school, Angie begins a relentless investigation into who, exactly, made Lizzie feel she didn't deserve to keep living. And while she claims she simply wants to punish Lizzie's tormentors, Angie's own anguish over abandoning her best friend will drive her deep into the dark, twisted side of Verity High—and she might not be able to pull herself back out.

Lizzie’s reputation is destroyed when she’s caught in bed with her best friend’s boyfriend on prom night. With the whole school turned against her, and Angie not speaking to her, she takes her own life. But someone isn’t letting her go quietly. As graffiti and photocopies of Lizzie’s diary plaster the school, Angie begins a relentless investigation into who, exactly, made Lizzie feel she didn’t deserve to keep living. And while she claims she simply wants to punish Lizzie’s tormentors, Angie’s own anguish over abandoning her best friend will drive her deep into the dark, twisted side of Verity High—and she might not be able to pull herself back out.

Angie's quest for the truth behind her best friend's suicide drives her deeper into the dark, twisted side of Verity High