

not like other girls
young adult mystery
Cheats. Liars. Fakes. Friends?
A breathtaking contemporary YA thriller – serious questions and hot romance in an irresistible twisty mystery. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying, We Were Liars and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
Jo used to be the perfect high-school girl – class president, popular, bright and successful. But when nude photos of her were leaked to the entire school, her grades plummeted, her friends fell away and now she's a reckless, difficult social outcast. The girl who 'deserved' it.
Then her former best friend Maddie disappears. Everyone else assumes Maddie has just run away but that doesn't add up to Jo. To discover the truth, Jo needs to get back in with the group of classmates who have shut her out: the boys who betrayed her and the clique of girls who whisper behind her back. And she has to make it look as if she wants to be there.
The only way back in is through Hudson. An old fling with his own reasons for finding Maddie, he persuades Jo to fake date him. And it works. But as the truth about Maddie's disappearance comes to light, so do long-hidden secrets from Jo's past. Who is Jo really trying to find—Maddie, or the girl she herself used to be?
"A brilliant book - witty and gripping, it's both a twisty mystery and a compelling, heartbreaking exploration of what it's like to be a teen girl. I absolutely loved this."
—Ravena Guron, author of THIS BOOK KILLS and CATCH YOUR DEATH
“A superbly crafted, timely, and enthralling mystery that unflinchingly examines the painful realities of being a teenage girl. Meredith Adamo's debut is a stunner.”
―Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of GIRL IN PIECES and THE AGATHAS
“Brave, witty, and razor-sharp, Not Like Other Girls is a gut-punch of a debut.”
―Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of THE LEGACIES and THE COUNSELORS
“Powerful, brilliantly plotted, voicey, gripping, beautiful, heart-wrenching, hilarious. . . . Not Like Other Girls is a blistering indictment of the numerous ways our society fails young women, wrapped in a twisting, gripping mystery about a missing girl. Read this book.”
―Liz Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of THE AGATHAS, THE NIGHT IN QUESTION, THE LUCKY ONES, and MURDER BETWEEN FRIENDS
“Occasionally you crack open a book to find yourself blown away by the searing honesty of the voice, the sharpness of the prose, and the authenticity of the characters. Not Like Other Girls is one of these rare finds; I am incredibly excited for readers to discover Meredith Adamo.”
―Kit Frick, author of THE REUNION and I KILLED ZOE SPANOS
“A deep dive into the complexities of being a girl . . . Heartbreakingly real, with a flawed narrator who attempts to untangle the braid of herself—the good, the bad, and the ugly.”
―Mindy McGinnis, author of A LONG STRETCH OF BAD DAYS and THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES