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Author: Tom Dolby | Website
Tom Dolby is the author of the novels The Sixth Form and The Trouble Boy. He was born in London, raised in San Francisco, and now divides his time between Manhattan's West Village and Wainscott, New York. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he received his BA in the history of art. This is his first book for young adults.
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Secret Society
Secrets, secrets are no fun.
Secrets, secrets hurt someone. . . .
An eccentric new girl. A brooding socialite. The scion of one of New York's wealthiest families. A promising filmmaker. As students at the exclusive Chadwick School, Phoebe, Lauren, Nick, and Patch already live in a world most teenagers only dream about.
They didn't ask to be Society members. But when three of them receive a mysterious text message promising success and fame beyond belief, they say yes to everything. Even to the harrowing initiation ceremony in a gritty warehouse downtown, and to the ankh-shaped tattoo they're forced to get on the nape of their necks.
Once they're part of the Society, things begin falling into place for them. Week after week, their ambitions are fulfilled. It's all perfect—until a body is found in Central Park with no distinguishing marks except for an ankh-shaped tattoo.
Reviewer: ReaderGirl
Review: Apr 26, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, YA / Teen
Phoebe, Lauren, Nick and Patch all go to an exclusive school called Chadwick. Of the four, only three are asked to join the Society, which has promised to bring fame and fortune to all it's members, so all three quickly say yes. All the dreams of the three seem to come true over the next few weeks, but could this secret society be more than it appear? Is the society hiding dark and mysterious secrets, like a
The Trust
Who can you trust when everything is secrets and lies?
It's a new semester at the Chadwick School, and even with the ankh tattoos that brand them, Phoebe, Nick, Lauren, and Patch are hoping for a fresh start. Each day, however, they are reminded of their membership as new Conscripts in the Society. The secret group that promised to help them achieve their every dream has instead turned their lives into a nightmare.
Exclusive membership lost its luster as the Society revealed its agenda to them and two of their classmates were found dead. Now they can't help but wonder: Who's next? While they search for the elusive truth about the Society, the Conscripts are forced to face their darkest fear—that they truly can't get out.
Will Nick and Phoebe's new relationship endure this strain? Can Patch and Nick's longtime friendship survive the truth that will come to light? The deceptions of the group's leaders, once trusted friends, and family will test these four as they fight to leave the Society behind.
The Trust, Tom Dolby's sequel to secret society, is an alluring glimpse behind the facade of a life of entitlement, where secrets aren't merely fun—they're deadly.
Reviewer: ReaderGirl
Review: Jan 25, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, YA / Teen
Phoebe, Nick, Lauren, and Patch are back at Chadwick to begin a new semester and get a fresh start. But each day they are reminded of their past. Can they get out of the Society without to much danger? Patch has a new job as a DJ and is also finding love. Nick is working at figuring out the quest his dying grandfather left him. What do Nick and Patch have in common for this quest? What will happen when the fo
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