Hana Yang Lerner (Chinese American/white) is the “fixer” at her elite Washington, D.C., high school. Her wealthy classmates hire her to make their problems disappear and ensure their secrets remain private. Managing other people’s lives provides Hana some measure of control now that her own life and reputation are beyond repair: Her senator father was involved in a hit-and-run that severely injured a pedestrian and caused total upheaval to her family and their living situation. When Hana is “hired” by an anonymous client, “Three,” who asks Hana to follow Hana’s ex-best friend, Luce, Hana finds herself embroiled in a mystery. She spies Luce’s boyfriend meeting secretly with a boy who could be his twin, and soon her investigation leads her to an education nonprofit that turns out to be a front for a much shadier operation. Meanwhile, as the story progresses, layers of deception, denial, and pain are revealed within Hana’s own family and past, including the reason for her falling-out with Luce. While at first glance this mystery offers the thrills of political intrigue and crime, it has great emotional depth as well. It will take every ounce of strength Hana has to truly fix her life, even if the task before her feels impossible. (Age 13 and older)

Yvonne Woon, author of If You, Then Me, has crafted a slow-burn thriller about fixing—our friends, ourselves, and our complicated pasts. For fans of Allegedly and We Were Liars, My Flawless Life features a compelling narrator who grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life.

At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner.

Hana is a fixer. She knows who to call, what to say, and how to make sure secrets stay where they belong—buried. She can fix anything. Except her own life, which was destroyed when her father, senator Skip Lerner, was arrested for an accident that left one woman nearly dead.

Now Hana’s reputation is ruined and her friends are gone. So when she gets a job from an anonymous client called “Three” to follow her former best friend, Luce Herrera, Hana realizes this might be her way of getting back her old life.

But the dangerous thing about digging is that you never know what you’ll unearth. As Hana uncovers a dark truth about her supposedly flawless classmates, she’s forced to face a secret of her own.

* A Junior Library Guild Selection *