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My Killer Family Reunion

August 11

Collage style cover for My Killer Family Reunion by Dinesh Thiru. The title is scrawled across a whiteboard in dark pink all caps, except for the word KILLER, which is assembled from cut out letters. A black and white photo of an older woman is near the center, with tire tracks across her face leading to a white truck. A photo booth strip of a couple is tied with red string to a kitchen knife that's plunged into the white board. A photo of a large mansion is connected to a silver key by more red string. In the bottom right hand corner is a post-it note that says NOTHING BRINGS FAMILY TOGETHER LIKE ATTEMPTED MURDER.My Killer Family Reunion by Dinesh Thiru
Atheneum Books for Young Reader

Nothings brings family together like attempted murder.

There are three things Jayshree Devi can count on happening at her annual family reunion: 1) her cousins will forget she exists, 2) her aunts will try to set her up, and 3) her uncles will get into a fight. What she doesn’t expect? An accident that lands her grandmother in a coma, throwing the family—and their matriarch’s sizeable fortune—into chaos.

When Jay discovers Grand Mom’s “accident” might not have been so accidental after all, she’ll have to dig through decades of secrets to find the truth. With the help of her (annoyingly perky) cousins and one of their (annoyingly hot) friends, Jay finds herself knee-deep in a mystery that’s even more tangled than her family tree.

But the closer Jay gets to answers, the closer she gets to finding her place amongst the relatives who once felt so distant. With Grand Mom’s life and fortune hanging in the balance, can Jay save her family and maybe hook up with a hottie while she’s at it?

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