Bronwyn is forced to come clean to her parents Nate texts all of his suppliers and tells them he’s not dealing anymore Addy confesses to Jake that she cheated on him, and he breaks up with her. All four students are now suspects in Simon’s murder-and their secrets are less than safe. The rumors reveal that Bronwyn stole tests from a teacher’s Google Drive Nate is dealing drugs Cooper is using steroids to enhance his baseball performance and Addy cheated on her boyfriend with a student named TJ. All four students worry separately about the secrets they possess: Cooper is indifferent to his girlfriend, Keely, and spends all his time texting a mystery person Addy struggles with her controlling boyfriend Jake and her vain mother Nate spends all his time taking care of his alcoholic father.Īll four students are called down to the police station and are separately informed that Simon had queued up an About That post shortly before his death that detailed secrets about each of them. The officer asks the four students if any of them ever ran into any trouble with Simon or his app, but they all deny ever having been featured on it. A policeman reveals that Simon’s autopsy shows he ingested a large amount of peanut oil shortly before his death. Simon chokes and writhes until he’s taken away by paramedics.Ī few days later, as the student body grapples with Simon’s death, Cooper, Addy, Nate, and Bronwyn are all called into the main office. Avery scramble to find Simon’s epi-pen-he’s allergic to peanuts-they find that not just Simon’s bag but the nurse’s office, too, has been emptied of all epi-pens.

After Simon can’t find his water bottle, he pours himself a cup of water from the sinks at the back of the lab a car crash in the parking lot brings all the students over to the window, and when they turn back around, Simon has taken a drink from his glass and fallen to the floor, suffering a potent allergic reaction. The students in detention are Bronwyn Rojas, the class brain Addy Prentiss, the most popular girl in school Cooper Clay, a jock Nate Macauley, a druggie “criminal” and Simon Kelleher, who runs the school’s reviled but ubiquitous gossip app, About That. All of the students claim that the phones were planted in their bags, and even produce their real cell phones to prove their innocence, but Avery ignores their claims and leaves them all to work on their essays about how social media is ruining American teens. Avery, a stickler for social media and cell phones, who caught all five with phones in their bags during class despite his zero-tolerance policy. Five students are held in detention by Mr.

One of us is lying by karen m mcmanus