They Wish They Were Us Summary
Jessica Goodman

They Wish They Were Us Overview

Jessica Goodman's They Wish They Were Us is a young adult mystery about a secret society at an elite prep school. When Jill joins the Players as a freshman, she thinks she is gaining the key to popularity, success, and happiness. Then her best friend, Shaila, is murdered during initiation night. Jill brushes the incident under the rug and tries to move on with her life, but at the start of senior year she learns that the boy in jail for killing Shaila is innocent. Defying the wishes of her friends, who want to keep the past in the past, Jill embarks on an investigation and uncovers terrible truths about those closest to her. The novel explores power, ambition, sexism, abuse, and growing up.