The Deceivers

Kristen Simmons, the author of the Article 5 series and Metaltown, brings her remarkable imagination to this intrigue-filled contemporary drama where good kids are needed to do some very bad things in The Deceivers.

An Anthony Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel!
Welcome to Vale Hall, the school for aspiring con artists.

When Brynn Hilder is recruited to Vale, it seems like the elite academy is her chance to start over, away from her momΓÇÖs loser boyfriend and her rundown neighborhood. But she soon learns that Vale chooses students not so much for their scholastic talent as for their extracurricular activities, such as her time spent conning rich North Shore kids out of their extravagant allowances.

At first, Brynn jumps at the chance to help the school in its mission to rid the city of corrupt officialsΓÇöbecause what could be better than giving entitled jerks what they deserve? But thatΓÇÖs before she meets her markΓÇöa senatorΓÇÖs sonΓÇöand before she discovers the schoolΓÇÖs headmaster has secrets heΓÇÖll stop at nothing to protect. As the lines between right and wrong blur, Brynn begins to realize sheΓÇÖs in way over head.