Death by Society
MEAN GIRLS meets IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY when two teenage girls' worlds collide when one attempts suicide to avoid toxic popularity.
Carter Harper may have created an award-winning app and have a 3.93 GPA, but her successes are overshadowed by brutal bullying, depression, and loneliness. Tired of being treated as the popular girls' plaything, Carter thinks her only choice is to die by suicide.
Abby Wallace is one of the most popular girls in school, subordinate only to Kelsey, her best friend with benefits. The ambitious poet destroys reputations without care to prove how cool, cruel, and strong she is, all while pushing down her past trauma and secret guilt.
Carter and Abby's tumultuous relationship comes to a boiling point when Abby stops Carter from attempting suicide. But what happens when they have to protect one another from Kelsey's harmful antics? If Carter and Abby can stand each other for more than three minutes, they can stop Kelsey from hurting more girls-and maybe become friends in the process.
In the tradition of Courtney Summers and Laurie Halse Anderson, DEATH BY SOCIETY questions how far we'll go to gain power over our lives-and what happens when we use our voices for both good and to harm others.
Earn by promoting books
Earn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program.
Become an affiliate
Sierra Elmore writes young adult contemporary and thriller novels about girls wreaking havoc while fighting trauma. Her work has won the YoungArts merit award and was selected for the Author Mentor Match program. She earned a BA degree in sociology from Arcadia University. She has conducted research on the representation of mentally ill women in media, as well as relational aggression amongst adolescent girls. She lives in New York City, where she explores independent bookstores, volunteers for the Crisis Text Line, and goes to as many concerts as possible.
"Brutally honest and wickedly funny, Death by Society is a book that plays by its own set of rules. Sierra Elmore captures the pain and power in being a teenage girl-and tells a story you won't forget." -Hannah Capin, author of FOUL IS FAIR
