Synopses & Reviews
A story of four American teens in Paris? and the scandal that leads one girl to disappear.
This sparkling novel reveals exactly how it feels to be a teen in love, in angst, in a big, gorgeous, unfamiliar city. Fall in love with the elusive model-gorgeous PJ, on the run from a mysterious past. Or Olivia, a hardworking ballerina whose fall from grace?both literal and figurative?lands her in the arms of the wrong boy. Witness the melodrama of jaded but beautiful Alex, whose seductions will never fill the void left by her father. Finally, let fun-loving Zack warm your heart with his vulnerability and sweet Memphis accent.
On their own for the first time, these kids go wild in Paris. But when PJ disappears, the others must face the lies they?ve told and the secrets they?ve kept in order to help find her.
Synopsis
Pretty Little Liars meets
My So-Called Life in this story of four American teens in Paris and the scandals that haunt each of them.
There's rich New York girl Alex; Cali-born dancer Olivia; closeted Memphis boy Zack; and fi nally PJ, an elusive beauty from Vermont who's hiding a dark past.
Studying abroad for their junior year of high school, they run wild in the Tuileries, hold clandestine parties in their host families' luxe apartments, take over tiny crowded cafes and generally live the glamorous life.
But in the end they all must face the lies they've told and secrets they've kept when the unthinkable happens.
About the Author
Lucy Silag graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2005 and has written for Allure, New York Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Salon, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Beautiful Americans is her debut novel.