He would not have run toward a ledge under any condition. Knox not only had grown up around construction and knew not to do that, but he is also afraid of heights. Sean claims he hit Knox because he ran toward the ledge. Regardless, Knox does not think the story Sean told about Brandon’s death made sense. Sean Murdock, a baseball player and Brandon’s best friend, hit Knox hard enough to cause a concussion and make Knox forget what he had seen.

Knox Meyers, a student at Bayview, happened to be cutting through the site just after Brandon fell. However, as the accident site is investigated more closely, it appears that the support system of the landing had been tampered with, perhaps the reason why Brandon had fallen through the landing. Students regularly cut through the site so it was not immediately suspicious that Brandon and some other students were there. Meanwhile, the texting game Truth or Dare progresses through several rounds, but then mysteriously stops when Brandon dies after he jumps down onto a landing in an abandoned construction site. Phoebe calls an ambulance, and Emma is admitted to the hospital. One evening when Phoebe arrives home from school, Emma has drunk so much that she has passed out and is convulsing. Phoebe believes her sister is upset about more than just the fact Phoebe had slept with her boyfriend, especially since Emma and the boyfriend, Derek, had broken up before Phoebe even met Derek. She orders Phoebe to stay away from her.Īs time passes, Phoebe notices her normally studious sister becoming more and more distant. Phoebe’s sister, Emma, confronts Phoebe about the rumor, appearing to be upset by the news. Because Phoebe does not respond to the unknown person who sent the text, he reveals to the entire school population that Phoebe had slept with her sister’s boyfriend. Then, she is chosen as the first player in a game of Truth or Dare proposed through text messages to the students. Phoebe Lawton does not think her life can get much worse after her father dies in a freak accident at work. Was the death the result of carelessness or a prank gone wrong? Or, was Brandon Weber, a star baseball player, targeted? McManus, is the sequel to One of Us is Lying, In this installment, it is 18 months after Simon Kelleher orchestrated his own death and framed four Bayview students.

The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: McManus, Karen.

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