Teen Queens and Has-Beens

Cathy Hopkins. Simon Pulse, $5.99 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-689-87129-0

In the third entry in her Truth or Dare series, Teens, Queens and Has-Beens, author Cathy Hopkins zooms in on Lia Axford, Ollie's younger sister (Ollie being the dreamboat from White Lies and Barefaced Truths), just after she has moved to the town of Cornwall. When Lia garners the attention of Jonno, ""teen queen"" Kaylie's crush, the queen and her cohorts lash out at Lia with rumors and other underhanded tactics. .

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