A Geek, Adock, A Ceiminak. A Princess ‘A MURDER. Whe would. you boliave? LYING KAREN M. McMANUSPenguin Random House UK safcdchctacte RISE Contents Note about the sory Before-reading questions (Chapter One ~ Monday, September 24¢h (Chapter Two ~ Tuesday September 25ch {Chapter Three ~ Friday, September 28th, & Saturday, September 2h (Chapter Four ~ Sunda; September 30h (Chapter Five ~ Monday, October Int & Wedneaday, October ra (Chapter Sie "Thursday, October 4h, Friday, ‘October 5th {Chapter Seven ~ Saturday, October 6ih, & Monday, "Tuesday October oh— Saturday, {Chapter Nine ~ Monday, October 15th (Chapter ‘Ten ~ Tuesday, October 16th— Friday, October 10h (Chapter Eleven ~ Sunday, October 2ist—Tuesday, October 28rd(Chapter Twelve ~ Friday, October 26th, & Saturday, November Srd ” {Chapter Thirteen ~ Sunday, November 4th Tuesday, ‘November 6th we (Chapter Fourteen ~ Wednesday, November 7th = (Chaptce Fifteen ~ Thurday, November 8th o Chapter Sitcen — November & February to During eading questions ha Aterteading questions uu nercses us Project work 120 Essay questions ua Glossary tea Note about the story ‘The students in ths tory Tv in Californian the wet o the United Sats of America, ina town called Bayiew near the ‘ty of San Diegn Ment are seniors student inthe ls ear In thisbook, some students are decribed as mereotypes* fiom an American teen move Bronwyn sa brain” —acdever stdent—whos going to apply to Vale, one a the USAS most famous universe. Cooper va ock™— accel athe ‘Cooper pays in basta showeanes, where college neouts ‘come to watch good players Nat sa erimimal who i on ‘Probation, a Addy 4 “homecoming princes” “Prome” are important en-oF schoo yar dances a igh schoo Student vote fora prom qucen and Ling (enor ‘prm) or prom princes and prince junior prom, choosing {he mon popula or beat tudes rom a prom cou. ‘At the beginning of the school yea, there is another important event: homecoming, Schools and collegee welcome back students who have lef fen to a game (of American football and other event allowed by party Stents choose a homecoming princess anda homecoming princeBefore-reading questions Look atthe rent cone f the ook. What kind sory wal thse, do yu think? For example: horor story? [Alone wory? Aime sory? historical sory? ‘What do you learn about she tory fom the se? ‘hing ha will happen inthe story. Read the “Note about the so” How similar t, oF ‘Afferent from, school in your country ae schol inthe usa? {ook atthe “Content on pages 7 and look quickly through the rest of the book What do you notice about the CHAPTER ONE Monday, September 24th Bayview High School, near San Diego, California, Bronwyn Rojas 258 p.m. Ts oking at my phone when hear wie. “That new, Bronwyn” aysSimon Kelleher. "Wai il you te my next post That it when anyone Finds ne rec About That, Simon hoerble goceip app, and certainly when is Simon bist. “Whose ve are you iin next, Simon?” Tad him. A all these Bayview High students didnt eheat and Be, 1 ‘would have anything te wrte Anyway, where ate you going? ‘Are you going i do more grat things™ 1 dont answer, bu eal with me when I getto Mi Avery science lah He starts laughing aT push the dooe open “Bromeya Roja isin detention! surprised Except about one person. Nat's een in trouble since ith grade, which probably dhlast ime we spoke tocadh other Het on probetion a the moment for eeling drugs. So Nate ina surprise. But Cooper and Ady are. Caoper, the choot: ‘basehll sar ad most popular jock and Ada the prety blond, ‘homecoming princes, are part of the same group of fiends Why areal of ut here? Me Avery” Tay, “it wasnt my phone tha yu found in sy bag"So that happened wo you, (00? says Ay hone in my bag either” “Same for me” says Cooper Did someane put phones in “Somelvody erica us" sys Sion. ‘Addy and Gooper and Tage. Nate i senty balancing on the two back legs his cae detention,” Simon aaye “Somebody who thought it would be fa to trick some gpd stents” He' looking at Nate, ho docs answer But Tan believe Nate would do wok be too rich ke hard work. “Yourke Mis Rajan" says Mr Avery "No phones in chon Now you can all wie five unde words ‘How ‘Cooper Clay 3:05 pm. ‘After five minutes, my hand is hurting Pm not used wo writing witha pen Simon a searching his backpack “Where's my water ote” he aya “Hot my water boeing, Ard Tm this” ‘Simon gets up, takes @ cup thom a pile near te sink, and Fist with water om the tap. He sits down again, holding the ir ‘cp, and peak wo Nate. “Hey! Did you pur thee phones in our bckpacla” ‘Mr Avery looks up. "Wy woul otha?” Nate ‘Sion opera his oath wo anette mddenly we hear 8 oud crab. We ll run wo the window In the parking lata ed ‘ara agray one have crashed into each other Mi Aver looks fnameoyed. “Tl beter make sore no one was hurt. Mist Roja, ‘Simon follows Me Avery to the door and think es going to “Cheers” Then, he speaks to Addy. “How are you goin spend your Ue now that homecoming is over” here's lot of Line between ow and senior prom” ‘Ady docs anaver because you ar Hkely to Find anything “Maye people voted fr hen becnse be had agred wo keep their What do you mean?" Task him. “Mell, youre all tereatype rom aten mais aren’ you?” esas. "Aedyra homecoming prince You're a jock, Cooper” ‘Then, he points at Bronwyn and Nat. "Youre amart—abrsin’ rm de story who sees everything” Simon sys “There's nobody like that tee menen” Bronye a.