Everything You Want Me to Be - Mindy Mejia, Simon & Schuster

Full of twists and turns, &quot,Everything You Want Me to Be&quot, reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small town s darkest secrets come to the forefront...and she inches closer and closer to her death. High school senior Hattie Hoffman has spent her whole life playing many parts: the good student, the good daughter, the good citizen. When she s found brutally stabbed to death on the opening night of her high school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of her small town community. Local sheriff Del Goodman, a family friend of the Hoffmans, vows to find her killer, but trying to solve her murder yields more questions than answers. It seems that Hattie s acting talents ran far beyond the stage. Told from three points of view Del, Hattie, and the new English teacher whose marriage is crumbling &quot,Everything You Want Me to Be&quot, weaves the story of Hattie s last school year and the events that drew her ever closer to her death. Evocative and razor-sharp, &quot,Everything You Want Me to Be &quot,challenges you to test the lines between innocence and culpability, identity and deception. Does love lead to self-discovery or destruction?&quot,