Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy (Hardcover)

Young Adult Fiction - Thrillers & Suspense - Crime - Social Themes - Prejudice and Racism

RELEASE DATE: 3/12/2024 ( WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE )

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of America’s justice system, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Samira Ahmed.

As fireworks pop off at a rowdy Fourth of July bonfire party, an explosion off the California coast levels an oil rig—resulting in chaos and worse, murder.
 
At the center are six Muslim teens - six patriots, six strangers, and six suspects.  

An old soul caught in the wrong place. An aspiring doctor. An influencer with a reputation to protect. A perfect daughter with secrets to hide. A soccer star headed for Stanford. An immigrant in love. Each with something to hide and everything to lose.

Faced with accusations of terrorism, The Six are caught in a political game that will pit them against each other in exchange for exoneration. They must choose: frame each other to guarantee their own independence or expose their secrets to earn back freedom for them all.

AUTHOR BIO: 

Ream Shukairy is the author of The Next New Syrian Girl and Six Truths and a Lie. She is a Syrian American born and raised full-time in Orange County, California and part-time over summers in Syria. Whether in California or Syria, she feels at home where her family is and wherever there's a beach. She has a talent for learning languages and is always on the search for the next place she can travel and flex her words. The daughter of immigrants, there isn't a stereotype she won't try her hardest to defy.

*"Shukairy swings for the fences, breathing life into each of the six leads who narrate this exhilarating read; interweaving relationships establish a credible and indelible emotional through line, and the story's resolution is both heartbreaking and stunningly executed."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review

* "A story of friendship and family that finds hope through heartbreak."
-- Kirkus, starred review

"A poignant story of two girls who are so different yet the same. Shukairy lays out both sides of a diaspora and a refugee and the longing both feel towards a home that has lost too much.As a Syrian, I was seen. One word to describe this debut: beautiful." --Zoulfa Katouh author of As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow