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by Rajani LaRocca
Siya Kumar is done with liars.
Part of the reason Siya joins her school's mock trial team is to honor the memory of her mother, a lawyer who was killed in a car accident when Siya was just ten years old. Her mom always told her that the truth is like a flame that burns away lies.
When Raj Raghavan, varsity soccer star and mock trial co-captain, seems interested in Siya, it feels too good to be true. Everything is golden until an overnight team bonding session, when Siya accidentally gets locked in a room with another guy until dawn. Even though Siya swears nothing happened, she doesn't feel like Raj believes her.
At the same time, the details of the mock trial case are suspiciously similar to the circumstances of her mom's death—which leads Siya to wonder if it was really just a car accident that took her mother's life.
From award-winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a contemporary retelling of the Ramayana that asks whether seeking the truth is always the right thing to do. Sometimes, is the past better left behind?
"Captivating. Themes of honesty and integrity permeate an intelligently wrought narrative filled with unforeseen twists." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"In her YA debut, LaRocca weaves a gripping narrative with sharply etched characters, a tightly written plot, and emotional highs and lows. A sweeping, heartfelt read that celebrates the power of truth." —Kirkus Reviews
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Rajani LaRocca was born in India, raised in Kentucky, and now lives in Massachusetts, where she practices medicine and writes award-winning books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor–winning novel in verse, Red, White, and Whole. She's always been an omnivorous reader, and now she is an omnivorous writer of novels and picture books, fiction and nonfiction, in prose and poetry. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, she lives outside Boston with her family. Visit her at rajanilarocca.com.
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