Pretty Little Liars #11: Stunning
This entry in the Pretty Little Liars series steps up the typically complex suspense with one plot thread involving Emily’s newborn baby and another featuring Aria’s discovery that her boyfriend’s father is a cross-dresser. More typical of this series, other elements involve Spencer’s travails along the route to finding an in-crowd as an early-admissions student at Princeton and Hanna’s role in her father’s political campaigning. Fans of the series already know that suspension of disbelief is a prerequisite for enjoyment. As ever, the mysterious A remains the ominous texting threat, pulling the strings in the four friends’ efforts to straighten out their lives. Grades 9-11. --Francisca Goldsmith