Trust Me, I'm Lying
Trust Me, Book 1
by Mary Elizabeth Summer
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Pub Date Feb 22 2023 | Archive Date Apr 02 2026
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Description
NEVER JUDGE A CROOK BY HER COVER.
Julep Dupree tells lies. A lot of them. She’s a con artist, a master of disguise, and a sophomore at Chicago’s swanky St. Agatha High, where her father, an old-school grifter with a weakness for the ponies, sends her so she can learn to mingle with the upper crust. For extra spending money Julep runs petty scams for her classmates while dodging the dean of students and maintaining an A+ (okay, A-) average.
But when she comes home one day to a ransacked apartment and her father gone, Julep’s carefully laid plans for an expenses-paid golden ticket to Yale start to unravel. Even with help from St. Agatha’s resident Prince Charming, Tyler Richland, and her loyal hacker, Sam, Julep struggles to trace her dad’s trail of clues through a maze of creepy stalkers, hit attempts, family secrets, and worse, the threat of foster care. With everything she has at stake, Julep’s in way over her head . . . but that’s not going to stop her from using every grift in the book to save her dad before his mark finds her.
Advance Praise
★ One of TeenVogue's 15 Most Exciting YA Books
★ One of PopCrush's 10 Most Anticipated YA Books
★ One of American Booksellers Association's Indie Next List Books
"Julep isn't just another high schooler beset by the usual drama of boys and academia. Nope--she also happens to be a con artist and master of disguise, which comes in mighty handy when her father mysteriously disappears. Determined, she delves into the underbelly of Chicago to find him (bringing a bunch of fresh plot lines and unexpected twists along the way)." --teenVogue.com
"Summer creates a standout character in Julep. She lies and cheats with so much confidence and skill that readers will cheer her on, but she also adheres to her own strict moral code. . . . A memorable debut; here's hoping for a lot more from Summer." --Kirkus Reviews
"Outrageous and believable." --School Library Journal
"Entertaining." --Publishers Weekly
"Well-paced, well-plotted." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"This book has it all: homework and hit men, prom drama and silencers." --April Henry, New York Times bestselling author
"Julep is a wildly funny narrator, independent and snarky and wonderfully flawed. Readers will enjoy every minute of her witty interior monologue. This is a fast-paced read that is almost criminally addictive!" --Emily Lloyd-Jones, Sunday Times bestselling author
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