On 2007-06-14 A. Luciano, Lowell, MA United States wrote: Four years ago, when she was twelve, Rose went away for a weekend with Anjelica, an extremely rich and popular girl. Anjelica´s father drove them to the family´s lakeside compound, stopping on the way to have a shouting match with his business partner while the girls waited in the car. After the weekend was over, the business partner, Frannie, was found dead with her head crushed by a rock. There was no doubt it was murder, and Anjelica´s father was the prime suspect. Rose and Anjelica were both interviewed by the police and both insisted they didn´t know anything and hadn´t seen anything, but the police assumed they were covering for Anjelica´s father. The case was dropped with not enough evidence to prosecute.
Now, though, the case has been reopened. Police visit Rose´s house and Rose´s mother offers them the diary Rose used to write in when she was twelve, thinking there might be some sort of clue in there that would help. Rose is desperate for the police not to read what she had written, though, so she steals the police car and drives it to dispose of the pages in the diary. Now police are absolutely certain that Rose was a witness to something, and they are putting the pressure not only on her, but on all of her friends as well. What did Rose witness? Why won´t she confide in anyone?
I liked the suspense of trying to figure out why Rose was so upset at the thought of people reading her diary. This book showed realistically how adolescent girls interact; the flashbacks to [...] and how badly the girls treated each other seemed completely accurate. I really liked the way the ending all came together, although it seems Rose could have saved herself a lot of trouble by confiding in someone. . And summed up by saying Secret in a Diary. Currently Fatality has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Scholastic Paperbacks claimed When Rose was invited to spend the weekend at Angelica´s beautiful summer home, she had plans to just enjoy the luxury the pool, the horses, the expensive cars. It was a chance to live like a princess, if only for a weekend. It didn´t turn out that way, though: somebody ended up dead. That was four years ago, but now the police have reopened the case. They have Rose´s diary and she has to get it back.
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