Parents' Guide to You'll Be the Death of Me

YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF ME is told in the voices of Ivy Sterling-Shepard, Mateo Wojcik, and Cal O'Shea-Wallace, all seniors at a high school outside of Boston. Best friends in middle school, they've barely spoken since. A chance meeting in the high school parking lot leads to them reminiscing about their "Greatest Day Ever," the day they'd ditched class in middle school. It's time, they decide, for another great day, something all of them need right now. Ivy's just lost what seemed to be a shoein election for senior class president to Brian "Boney" Mahoney, who'd run as a joke. Mateo's mother has lost her business and is now battling a chronic illness and Cal may or may not have a new girlfriend. The three take off to downtown Boston and are stunned to see Boney, who should be back at school making his acceptance speech, walking down the street. They follow him into a loft-style building and find him lying dead on the floor with a syringe lying a few feet away. Panicked by the sudden arrival of the police, the three flee the scene. When Cal takes off on his own, Ivy and Mateo follow him to a meeting with Lara Jamison, his high school art teacher. Could she be the mysterious new girlfriend? Then they find out it was Lara's art studio where Boney died. Their great day now takes a dangerous turn as Ivy becomes a suspect in the murder and they discover that Boney and other students at their school have been selling Oxy. But how is Lara involved and who's the mysterious Mr. D? It all comes to a cliff hanger of a conclusion that will surely leave readers asking for a sequel.