Prequel to WE WERE LIARS the #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and award-winning YA novel that TikTok can't stop talking about! A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery addicted heiress. An irresistible unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars. Praise for We Were Liars: 'Thrilling beautiful and blisteringly smart - utterly unforgettable.' JOHN GREEN 'We Were Liars is heartbreaking witty beautiful and disturbing. E. Lockhart's best book to date.' JUSTINE LARBALESTIER 'A haunting tale about how families live within their own mythologies. Sad wonderful and real.' SCOTT WESTERFELD