Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 80
First published 1994
Mallory Pike can hardly believe her luck when she lands a part-time assistant position with her favorite children's author. She has read every single book this writer has published and dreams of becoming an author herself someday. Working directly with her literary hero feels like the perfect opportunity to learn about the writing life from the inside. But as Mallory settles into her new role, she begins to uncover disturbing details about her employer's history. The revelations force her to question everything she thought she knew about someone she had admired from afar. Mallory must decide whether to stay silent about what she has learned or confront the uncomfortable truth about her idol. Her discovery challenges her understanding of how well we can really know the people we look up to.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, mystery, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
146 pages · Paperback · Apple