# Very Bad People - Hardcover

by **Kit Frick** (Author)

**First editions have an exclusive foil design underneath the jacket!**

**"A twisty, deeply satisfying ride." --Sara Shepard, #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Pretty Little Liars_**

**In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of _The Female of the Species_ and _People Like Us_, a teen girl's search for answers about her mother's mysterious death leads to a powerful secret society at her new boarding school--and a dangerous game of revenge that will leave her forever changed.**

Six years ago, Calliope Bolan's mother drove the family van into a lake with her three daughters inside. The girls escaped, but their mother drowned, and the truth behind the "accident" remains a mystery Calliope is determined to solve. Now sixteen, she transfers to Tipton Academy, the same elite boarding school her mother once attended. Tipton promises a peek into the past and a host of new opportunities--including a coveted invitation to join Haunt and Rail, an exclusive secret society that looms over campus like a legend.

Calliope accepts, stepping into the exhilarating world of the "ghosts," a society of revolutionaries fighting for social justice. But when Haunt and Rail commits to exposing a dangerous person on campus, it becomes clear that some ghosts define justice differently than others.

As the society's tactics escalate, Calliope uncovers a possible link between Haunt and Rail and her mother's deadly crash. Now, she must question what lengths the society might go to in order to see a victory--and if the secret behind her mother's death could be buried here at Tipton.

### Author Biography

Kit Frick is a MacDowell Fellow and International Thriller Writers Award finalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. The author of the poetry collection _A Small Rising Up in the Lungs_ and the young adult thrillers _Before We Were Sorry_ (originally published as _See All the Stars_), _All Eyes on Us_, _I Killed Zoe Spanos_, _Very Bad People_, and _The Reunion_, Kit loves a good mystery but has only ever killed her characters. Honest. Visit Kit online at KitFrick.com and on Twitter and Instagram @KitFrick.

**Number of Pages:** 416

**Dimensions:** 1.65 x 8.5 x 5.59 IN

**Publication Date:** April 05, 2022

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