The Accidental Bad Girl
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Publisher Description
After getting caught hooking up with her best friend’s ex on the last day of junior year, Kendall starts senior year friendless and ostracized. She plans to keep her head down until she graduates. But after discovering her online identity has been hacked and she’s being framed for stealing from a dealer, Kendall is drawn into a tenuous partnership with the mastermind of a drug ring lurking in the shadows of her Brooklyn private school. If she wants to repair her tattered reputation and save her neck, she’ll have to decide who she really is—and own it. The longer she plays the role of “bad girl,” the more she becomes her new reputation. Friends and enemies, detectives and drug dealers—no one is who they appear to be. Least of all Kendall.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After getting caught with her best friend's ex-boyfriend, Grant Powers, 17-year-old Kendall Evans starts her senior year at Brooklyn's private Howell Preparatory School branded as a "slut." Her best friend, Audrey Khalil, won't speak to her, while Grant is unscathed by the scandal. Kendall plans to keep her head down until she can escape to Rice University's accelerated astrophysics senior semester program, but she's wrongly accused of stealing "doses" from drug dealer Mason Frye. With help from fellow outcast Simone Moody and theater geek Michael "Gilly" Gilbert, Kendall sets out to clear her name and discovers that her inner "bad girl" may not be so bad after all. Kaplan's sharply written, twisty thriller, narrated by the savvy Kendall, deftly explores the shades of gray between "good" and "bad" and the freedom of self-acceptance and shines a light on issues such as rape culture, bullying, and enduring sexual double standards. This love letter to any girl who's ever been labeled "bad" will enthrall readers. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Couldn’t put it down
Such a fun read that keeps you on your toes!