A few instances of strong language, including 'f-k' and 'a-hole.' The consequences of bullying and lying are strong themes. A graduate of Wellesley College, she is a former actor, lawyer, musician, and briefly, associate producer. Dana lives in the Catskills with her husband and toddler. Dana Mele is the author of People Like Us, and is a Pushcart-nominated writer. She prefers tea to coffee, snow to sand, and stars to sunshine.

Opposite- and same-sex couples kiss, and there's lots of talk and gossip about sex and who's having sex, but nothing is graphically described. About the author (2018) Dana Mele is the author of People Like Us, and is a Pushcart-nominated writer.

Teens regularly drink and sometimes get drunk at parties and on their own. There's another murder, multiple suspects, and friends betraying friends before the truth is revealed. When Kay receives an email from the dead girl's account threatening to reveal a tragic secret from her own past unless she exposes the darkest secrets of six of her classmates, she believes she has no choice but to comply. But it's not long before it becomes a murder and suspicion falls on Kay Donovan, a scholarship student who's one of the most popular girls in school. When Jessica Lane's body is discovered in a lake, it looks like suicide. Parents need to know that Dana Mele's People Like Us is a psychological thriller set in a posh boarding school. Characters watch Netflix, Game of Thrones, and The Vampire Diaries and take Nyquil.

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