They bury her body, cover it with cement, and think that is all to that and that they will get away with everything and no one will ever know what they have done.

Four friends get into an argument with their manipulative leader and wind up killing her on accident. “Pretty Little Liars” by Sara Shepard is the first novel in the “Pretty Little Liars” series that came out in 2006. She disappears before the five girls are to start the eighth grade. Spencer comes from the wealthy family Hastings, and is an overachiever and headstrong.Ī fifth girl, Alison DiLaurentis is the leader of the group (or clique) and is manipulative towards the girls. Then there is Spencer, who is ambitious and brave enough to stand up against Alison and her ways.

Hanna is the strong one and leader of the group after Alison disappears. Hanna is overweight who wants to be both popular and thin like Alison, and has an eating disorder that Ali taunted her for. Emily is thought of the other girls to be the jock of the group. Aria spends the early books trying find herself.Įmily is a swimmer who secret has feelings for Alison she struggles with her sexuality (she is a lesbian but does not tell her family). There are four lead girls, they are Spencer Hastings, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, and Emily Fields in the series.Īria is thought to be a weirdo in the small town of Rosewood she is also artsy, independent and quirky. There are a total of sixteen novels in the series. The series has four different arcs that have four books each to them and each one shows the introduction and the exposure of each antagonist. Suddenly, nothing is safe in Rosewood.The novels in the “Pretty Little Liars” series written by American author Sara Shepard have reached the New York Times best seller list and some installments have reached the top spot. But if Alison isn't 'A,' who is? And how could anyone else know so much about the bad girls they were and the bad girls they've become? Suddenly, their secrets- the big ones, the little ones, even the long-buried ones- no longer seem so secret. Then the girls start receiving threatening messages signed by someone named 'A.' Could 'A' be Alison, the ultra-popular girl who disappeared three years earlier? Alison was their best friend.

Deeper and darker still is a horrible secret the girls have shared since sixth grade- a secret they thought was safe forever. And Hanna is using some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. Emily is infatuated with the new girl at school. Aria is having an affair with her English teacher. Spencer covets her sister's gorgeous new boyfriend. Behind their big Gucci sunglasses, beneath their perfectly pressed Polos, everyone has something to hide, especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna. Gossip thrives amid the Mercedes-Benzes, mega mansions, and perfectly manicured hedges in the exclusive town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania.

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