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The New Girl

The New Girl

MysterySuspense
Pages
368
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

Lia Setiawan, a scholarship student at the elite Draycott Academy, feels like an outsider from day one. Her unease grows after witnessing a student being forcibly removed, a scene her new peers seem to ignore. As Lia digs into Draycott's hidden truths, she finds herself caught in a web of corruption, blackmail, and dangerous secrets. With threats escalating, Lia must figure out who she can trust before it's too late.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseDark
Fish Out of WaterAcademyBetrayal

Genres

Mystery Suspense Thriller Young Adult Adventure Psychological Thriller

About the author

J
Jesse Q. Sutanto

Jesse Q. Sutanto is a Chinese-Indonesian author of humorous mysteries and contemporary fiction, best known for the Vera Wong series, including Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, and for Dial A for Aunties, winner of the 2021 Comedy Women in Print Prize. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford, and grew up between Indonesia and Singapore. She now lives in Jakarta.

Characters

Lia SetiawanProtagonist
corrupt teacherAntagonist
blackmailerAntagonist
Golden BoySupporting
All characters in The New Girl