The Girl You Know

After the police declare high school senior Solina Flores’s death an accident, her identical twin sister Luna resolves to prove it was murder by finding the killer. Impersonating Solina, Luna infiltrates her twin’s school, Kingswood Academy, whose tuition Luna dropped out of public school to help pay in their late parents’ absence. Stepping into Solina’s shoes reveals a web of secrets surrounding her wealthy boyfriend Hunter and the expensive designer clothes she’d borrow from similarly affluent friend Poppy. As Luna navigates academic pressures and the complex school social scene, she must also confront her growing feelings for Solina’s cello prodigy roommate Claudia. It soon becomes clear that the only way to learn more about her sister’s death is by understanding herself in this potent portrait of loss and identity. Character interactions informed by economic disparity and the school’s commitment to upholding an unbalanced social hierarchy present a grounded mystery by Rose (10 Things I Hate About Prom) that is both an indictment and reflection of the unjust systems that allow instances of sexual violence to go unpunished. Characters are described as having various skin tones. Ages 14–up. Agent: Uwe Stender, Triada US. (Feb.)