The Girl You Know

Gr 9 Up–Now that her twin sister Solina has been murdered, Luna feels completely alone. Their mother died years ago after which their father succumbed to alcoholism, and Luna has been working 80-hour weeks to afford Solina’s private boarding school, Kingswood Academy. Desperate for answers and well aware that her poor, Puerto Rican sister’s death is not going to be taken seriously by law enforcement, Luna convinces her beloved roommate/guardian Tiffany (who is trans, Black, and fiercely warm and protective) to drive her to Kingswood, where she will pretend to be Solina for as long as it takes to find out what happened to her. When she arrives, what she finds instead is a series of lies Solina has told that may lead her to the killer; no one at Kingswood is who they claim to be. An unrealistic set-up can be easily forgiven in the face of this incredibly fast-paced and twisting mystery exploring how little we sometimes know those closest to us. Haunted by the fight that was their last conversation, Luna experiences violent and aching grief as she discovers Solina’s real reasons for wanting to leave Kingswood and decides who she wants to be moving forward, as well as just how much vengeance to exact, and against whom.