The Girl in the Headlines — Content Guide for Parents
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- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentSupporting
- Race & cultureBrief
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- Religion
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender roles
- Gender & orientation
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- Profanity
- Profanity: No source quotes the book's own language, so we could not tell whether it contains swearing.
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
The headlines say she killed her family. The truth? She doesn't remember.
Andrea McNulty goes to sleep on her eighteenth birthday with a near-perfect life. The next morning, she wakes up covered in blood. Her parents were killed in the middle of the night...and she's the prime suspect.
Andrea McNulty has a wonderful life: she's a high school field hockey star, a doted-upon big sister, the beloved daughter of two happy parents. But when she wakes up in a motel room the morning after her eighteenth birthday, she's covered in blood and can't remember what happened the previous night.
According to the news, Andi's parents were brutally attacked in the middle of the night. Her father is dead, her mother is in a coma, her little brother Josh is missing--and Andi is the prime suspect. Terrified and on the run from the police, Andi teams up with Nate, the sympathetic boy working the motel's front desk, to find the real murderer. But while the police are getting further from the killer, the killer is getting closer to Andi--closer than she could ever have imagined.
Pick up The Girl in the Headlines if you're looking for:
- A psychological, fast-paced thriller
- A suspenseful, shocking read
- Fiction examining death and grief
- A coming of age story with a twist
Also by Hannah Jayne:
- Truly, Madly, Deadly
- Twisted
- See Jane Run
- The Dare
- The Revenge
- The Escape
- Copycat
Frequently asked questions
Is The Girl in the Headlines appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Andi's parents are attacked at home, leaving her father dead and her mother in a coma, and Andi is hunted as the suspect while the real killer closes in. This is a suspense thriller in which a teen on the run is pursued by a killer who gets closer to her.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have violence?
Found (Supporting): Andi's parents are attacked at home, leaving her father dead and her mother in a coma, and Andi is hunted as the suspect while the real killer closes in.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have scary content?
Found (Supporting): This is a suspense thriller in which a teen on the run is pursued by a killer who gets closer to her.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have race & culture?
Found (Brief): One review says the book touches on poverty and racism without exploring them fully, and describes Nate as mixed-race.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: No source quotes the book's own language, so we could not tell whether it contains swearing.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Girl in the Headlines have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
