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Characters · 13
Addy Prentiss
Addy Prentiss enters One of Us Is Lying as the classic "pretty girlfriend" — popular, agreeable, and entirely shaped by her relationship with Jake Riordan.
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Bronwyn Rojas
Bronwyn Rojas is the academic star of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus — a senior set for Yale whose carefully curated image of the perfect student starts to unravel after she's implicated in Simon Kelleher's death.
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Cooper Clay
Cooper Clay is one of the four main suspects in One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, a young adult thriller set at Bayview High.
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Evan Neiman
Evan Neiman is a supporting character in One of Us Is Lying, primarily serving as Bronwyn Rojas's boyfriend and, later, as a casualty amid the novel's deepening secrets.
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Jake Riordan
Jake Riordan is the main antagonist of the novel and the hidden mastermind behind Simon Kelleher's murder.
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Janae Norman
Janae Norman is Simon Kelleher's closest — and, as we find out, only true — friend at Bayview High.
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Kris Chen
Kris Chen is Bronwyn Rojas's boyfriend and a steady source of support throughout One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus.
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Luis Rojas
Luis Rojas is Bronwyn's charming and insightful older brother, serving as a minor yet significant supporting character in One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus.
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Maeve Rojas
Maeve Rojas is Bronwyn's younger sister and a recurring supporting character in One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus.
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Mr. Avery
Mr. Avery is the teacher on duty in One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McMurtry (published under Karen M. McManus) who supervises the pivotal detention session during which Simon Kelleher dies.
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Nate Macaulay
Nate Macaulay is one of the four main suspects in Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, known as the "Bayview Four."
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Officer Nadia Santiago
Officer Nadia Santiago is the lead detective investigating Simon Kelleher's death at Bayview High, acting as the main institutional antagonist and pressure point throughout One of Us Is Lying.
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Simon Kelleher
Simon Kelleher is the driving force behind One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus—a lonely outcast obsessed with true crime, whose death in detention triggers the entire story.
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Key quotes · 10
“People see what they want to see. They believe what they want to believe.”
This line is spoken by Simon Kelleher, the creator of the infamous gossip app at Bayview High, in Karen M. McManus's young adult mystery thriller One of Us Is Lying (2017).
Simon Kelleher
“We were strangers who became suspects who became something else entirely.”
This reflective line comes from One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, a young adult mystery novel.
Collective narrator / multiple POV protagonists (Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper)
“The thing about secrets is, they have a way of coming out whether you want them to or not.”
This line is from Karen M. McManus's young adult thriller One of Us Is Lying (2017).
Narrative/Simon (thematic voice)
“I'm not a bad person. I've just done some bad things.”
This line is spoken by Simon Kelleher, the creator of the gossip app About That, in Karen M. McManus's young adult mystery novel One of Us Is Lying (2017).
Simon Kelleher
“Sometimes the person you'd take a bullet for is the one holding the gun.”
This haunting line is from Karen M. McManus's debut YA thriller One of Us Is Lying (2017).
Simon Kelleher
“Maybe that's what happens when you spend your whole life being what everyone else needs you to be. You lose track of what you actually want.”
This reflective line comes from Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying (2017), a young adult mystery-thriller.
Bronwyn Rojas
“We're all liars here. Every single one of us.”
This chilling line comes from Karen M. McManus's 2017 young adult thriller One of Us Is Lying.
Bronwyn or Nate (one of the four suspects) · <UNKNOWN>
“You can't keep running from who you are.”
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying (2017), this line emerges during a pivotal moment for the four main suspects — Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper — each hiding a secret that Simon threatened to reveal on his gossip app before his death.
Nate Macauley
“I used to think being good meant following the rules. Now I'm not so sure.”
This reflective line comes from Bronwyn Rojas, the academically driven "good girl" in Karen M. McManus's 2017 young adult thriller One of Us Is Lying.
Bronwyn Rojas
“Nobody's story is as simple as it looks from the outside.”
This reflective line is from Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying (2017), a young adult mystery-thriller.
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Symbols · 5
About That App
In One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, the About That app represents the damaging nature of secrets and the social hierarchies upheld by gossip and exposure.
Bayview High Stereotypes
In One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, the rigid social stereotypes at Bayview High — the brain, the beauty, the criminal, and the jock — highlight the stifling nature of labels and the risks of defining people by a single trait.
EpiPen
In One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, Simon Kelleher's EpiPen represents vulnerability, manipulation, and the deadly fallout from secrets.
Simon's Manifesto
In One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, Simon's unfinished manifesto—the draft he was working on for About That before he died—highlights the dangerous power that secrets and exposure can hold.
The Detention Room
In One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, the detention room symbolizes forced exposure and social equality.
Literary devices · 9
Unreliable Narrator
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, the unreliable narrator technique unfolds through four alternating first-person perspectives — Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper.
Foil
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, the four suspects caught in a web of circumstances act as mutual foils, with their differing personalities highlighting each character's identity under pressure.
Motif
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, the theme of secrets and concealed identities runs throughout the story, tying every character to the central mystery.
Foreshadowing
In One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, foreshadowing acts as a crucial structural element, planting seeds of suspicion in the reader's mind long before the murder mystery is resolved.
Flashback
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, flashbacks are interwoven into each suspect's first-person narration, gradually revealing the carefully crafted personas that the Bayview Four present to the world.
Dramatic Irony
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, dramatic irony fuels a sense of ongoing dread: readers start to piece together suspicions about Simon's death well before the four suspects—Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper—understand the situation they’re in.
Irony
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, irony serves as both a structural force and a moral theme throughout the story.
Suspense
In Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying, suspense unfolds through a rotating group of four unreliable narrators — Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper — each hiding a secret that could make them Simon's killer.
Juxtaposition
In One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, juxtaposition drives both suspense and character development.
Vocabulary · 20
detention
A school punishment requiring a student to stay after hours or report to a supervised room, used here as the setting where the five main characters are gathered when the death occurs.
noun · Chapter 1
app
Short for application — here specifically the gossip-sharing mobile app called About That, which Simon runs to expose secrets about students at the school.
noun · Chapter 1
anaphylactic shock
A sudden, severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that causes the body to go into crisis; in this text it is the medical emergency that kills Simon.
noun · Chapter 1
EpiPen
A brand-name auto-injector device that delivers a dose of epinephrine to stop a severe allergic reaction; Simon's EpiPen is missing when he needs it, which is central to the mystery.
noun · Chapter 1
peanut allergy
A potentially fatal immune-system reaction triggered by eating or being exposed to peanuts; Simon's known peanut allergy is the mechanism of his death.
noun · Chapter 1
gossip app
A smartphone application used anonymously to spread rumours and private information about people; the one in this novel, About That, is what gives Simon his power over classmates.
noun · Chapter 1
suspect
A person whom police or investigators believe may be responsible for a crime; all four surviving students in detention become suspects in Simon's death.
noun · Chapter 2
attorney
A lawyer who represents a client in legal matters; the students' families hire attorneys to advise them during the police investigation.
noun · Chapter 2
alibi
Evidence or a claim that a person was somewhere else when a crime occurred, making it impossible for them to be the one who committed it.
noun · Chapter 2
media frenzy
An intense, chaotic burst of news coverage and public attention surrounding a dramatic event; the students face this after Simon's death turns into a high-profile murder investigation.
phrase · Chapter 6
manslaughter
The unlawful killing of a person without prior intent to murder; one of the possible charges the students fear being brought against them.
noun · Chapter 6
probation
A court-ordered period during which an offender must follow certain rules and check in with authorities instead of serving time in prison.
noun · Chapter 8
burner phone
A cheap, prepaid mobile phone bought anonymously and used temporarily so that calls and messages cannot be traced back to the owner.
noun · Chapter 8
toxicology report
An official medical document that identifies drugs, poisons, or other substances found in a person's body, used here as part of the investigation into how Simon died.
noun · Chapter 10
immunity
A formal legal agreement in which a prosecutor promises not to charge someone with a crime in exchange for their cooperation or testimony.
noun · Chapter 14
subpoena
A legal order requiring a person to appear in court or hand over documents; receiving one means the law is formally demanding your participation.
noun · Chapter 14
grand jury
A group of citizens convened to review evidence and decide whether there is enough to formally charge someone with a crime and bring them to trial.
noun · Chapter 14
deposition
Formal sworn testimony given outside a courtroom, recorded by lawyers before a trial; witnesses must answer questions truthfully or risk perjury charges.
noun · Chapter 18
perjury
The crime of deliberately lying while under oath in a legal proceeding; a charge the students risk if they are caught being untruthful with investigators.
noun · Chapter 18
premeditated
Planned or thought out in advance before being carried out; used here to distinguish deliberate murder from an accidental or impulsive act.
adjective · Chapter 22