Name: The Rumor Game
ISBN: 9781368014144

Sona Charaipotra

Dhonielle Clayton

At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for Washington, D.C.'s elite, a rumor gains momentum as it collects followers on social media, pulling three girls into its path--Bryn, who wants to erase all memories of the mistake she made last summer; cheer captain Cora, who desperately wants to believe in her boyfriend's faithfulness; and shy Georgie, newly hot after a summer at fat camp and ready to reinvent herself--but who can stop a dangerous rumor once it takes on a life of its own?

The Rumor Game

Ashley Wendt

The Rumor Game was a fast read! It was engaging and I feel like this is a topic that a lot if teens will eat up. Its extremely reletative to something many kids go through right now. I did struggle with the believability of some aspects of the story along with the relationships and the why behind some of the actions. I felt like maybe addressing mental health a in a more in depth way could have added that little extra that this book needs. It was still an ejoyable read nonetheless.

Mary

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book.

Cyberbullying. This book felt like an all too real modern problem. Parents love to say 'their kid wouldn't do that' yeah maybe not in person but cyberbullying can be just as brutal maybe more. Cyberbullying spreads like wildfire to anyone who has access to the internet. 

I felt like the plot was entirely too predictable. I think any sort of consequences would have made this a little more realistic or interesting. There just wasn't anything that made this book extraordinary. The characters were unlikable and made annoyingly bad decisions, the dating tropes were lackluster and predictable, and the pacing of the book just didn't work. For me, this is more of a fun read instead of a hard hitting story that drives home "don't cyberbully." I also couldn't stop thinking of the Disney Channel 2011 movie cyberbully with Emily Osment.

Zoe Smolen

This book was an interesting take on the pretty standard YA trope of cell phone mysteries, but a little more grounded in reality. The plot felt pretty believable, but the thing that didn't sit quite right with me is that all the parents make a huge deal about public image, yet no one steps in to stop the events happening which will undoubtedly ruin the family/schools public image. 

I do think there were a lot of important conversations in here and the authors did a great job at truly making you feel uncomfortable. Overall, the book did it's job well, but something just didn't quite work about it for me.