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Lydia Cooper Is a Lie

by Meaghan McIsaac

A hidden identity comes into focus

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A hidden identity comes into focus

Lydia’s conflict begins with an ordinary teenage frustration: her father’s strict online rules leave her outside a friends’ group chat. When she creates a social media account, that small act exposes a far more dangerous secret—she has been living under witness protection without knowing it. The story then brings together online privacy, parental protection, and the uncertainty of a family history Lydia has never been told. Separated from her father and trying to understand the threat around her, she must weigh what she learns against the question of whom she can trust. The premise links the risks of revealing personal information to a larger mystery about identity and family.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Upper middle grade readers interested in suspense and family secrets
  • Readers drawn to stories involving online privacy and social media
  • Young thriller readers who enjoy mysteries about identity and trust

Themes

Online privacyFamily secretsWitness protectionIdentityTrust

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A girl who doesn't know she's in witness protection accidentally reveals her identity and puts her life in danger in this twisty upper middle grade thriller.

For as long as Lydia can remember, it's been her and her dad against the world. But while she loves him, her dad is so overprotective. Well-versed in the dangers of the internet from his job in cybersecurity, he refuses to let Lydia be online without heavy parental controls, and social media is out of the question.

One day, when all Lydia's friends are invited to a movie night at her crush's house--except her because she's not in the group chat--Lydia gets fed up with her dad's rules and makes a social media account. Then an armed intruder shows up at her home. Clearly, there's more to her family's past than she knows.

On the run and separated from her dad, Lydia will need to uncover the secrets her dad has been keeping if she wants to reunite with him. But how can Lydia know who to trust along the way when she doesn't even know who she is?
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