Pretty Little Liars
Everyone has something to hide—especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna. Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at school. Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished. How do I know? Because I know everything about the bad girls they were, the naughty girls they are, and all the dirty secrets they've kept. And guess what? I'm telling.
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Three years after their queen-bee friend Alison vanished, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily start getting threatening messages from a stranger called A who knows the secrets only Alison should know.
Sara Shepard wrote 16 main Pretty Little Liars novels, plus several spinoff series including The Lying Game and The Perfectionists. The original PLL series is complete.
Yes. ABC Family aired Pretty Little Liars for seven seasons (2010 to 2017). The show diverged from the books significantly, especially regarding the identity of A. Spinoff series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Original Sin, and Summer School followed.
Pretty Little Liars was written by Sara Shepard, published in 2006 by HarperTeen.
Pretty Little Liars is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Pretty Little Liars takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Pretty Little Liars is a standalone novel by Sara Shepard, not part of a series.
Pretty Little Liars is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
