115 pages • 3 hours read
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019
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Introduction
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
- Genre: Fiction; young adult mystery/crime
- Originally Published: 2019
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 700L; grades 7-12
- Structure/Length: 3 parts; 48 chapters; approx. 433 pages; approx. 11 hours on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: In the summer before senior year, teen Pippa Fitz-Amobi takes on a dangerous challenge as her senior capstone project: proving the innocence of a local deceased young man, Salil Singh, in the disappearance and alleged murder of his girlfriend five years before.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Homicide and suicide; racism, discrimination, and prejudice; domestic and sexual violence; drug addiction
Holly Jackson, Author
- Bio: Born in 1992; a British writer of young adult crime and mystery novels; raised in Buckinghamshire; attended the University of Nottingham; earned a master's degree (English); lives now in London; known for the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series
- Other Works: Good Girl, Gone Bad (2020); As Good as Dead (2021); Kill Joy (novella; 2021); Five Survive (2022)
- Awards: Barnes and Noble Best Books of the Year (2020); British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book Winner of the Year (2020); ALA's Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2021)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- The Importance of Finding Out the Truth
- The Search for Identity
- Public Shame of the Accused's Family
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
