Avery's Story: A Next Novel (Rival High #1)

By Candace Buford

Avery wants the people at her new school to like her. With Madison, the aspiring influencer; Teresa, the strong student; and athletic Corinne, she finds herself adjusting her story to fit each friendship. Small lies seem like an easy way to make a good impression.

Then her old and new schools merge. The versions of herself she has kept separate begin colliding, and her friends have reasons to question what they know. Maintaining every invented detail becomes harder than simply deciding who she wants to be.

Candace Buford and illustrator Jamie Green follow Avery through the social pressures of belonging and the consequences of trying to please everyone. This illustrated NEXT novel combines a brisk school story with questions about honesty, identity, and the kind of friendship that can survive being seen more clearly.