Followers - Softcover

Davies, Anna

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545511968 ISBN 13: 9780545511964

Publisher: Point, 2014

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To tweet or not to tweet . . . what a deadly question.
When Briana loses out on a starring role in the school's production of Hamlet, she reluctantly agrees to be the drama department's "social media director" and starts tweeting half-hearted updates. She barely has any followers, so when someone hacks her twitter account, Briana can't muster the energy to stop it. After all, tweets like "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark . . . and a body's rotting in the theater" are obviously a joke.

But then a body IS discovered in the theater: Briana's rival. Suddenly, what seemed like a prank turns deadly serious. To everyone's horror, the grisly tweets continue . . . and the body count starts to rise.

There's no other explanation; someone is live-tweeting murders on campus.

With the school in chaos and the police unable to find the culprit, it's up to Briana to unmask the psycho-tweeter before the carnage reaches Shakespearian proportions . . . or she becomes the next victim.

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About the Author:

Anna Davies is the author of WRECKED and a Senior Editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 6–10—Briana, a legacy student at the prestigious MacHale School, is finally finding her niche. Returning to school for the winter mini-mester, she has a group of friends and a real shot at winning a lead role in Hamlet. Her Twitter account, @alleyesonbree, is also gaining followers, including the mysterious Hamlet's Ghost. When the brand new Head of the Drama department casts someone else as Ophelia, Briana reluctantly accepts the backstage job as the show's social media director. As she tweets show rehearsal updates, Hamlet's Ghost begins to tweet more sinister things, like "something's rotten in the state of Denmark...and a body's rotting in theater." Suddenly, there is a real dead body on stage. And then another. As the Twitter war rages on, it's up to Briana to find the campus killer. Davies offers great build-up and tension right through until the final pages. Unfortunately, the ending feels rushed and a romance is randomly tossed in. Still, this thriller offers a high interest story at low-reading level for fans of mystery and suspense novels.—Elaine Baran Black, Georgia Public Library Service, Atlanta

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