Everything you need to understand or teach The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey.
Jess Lourey's mystery novel The Quarry Girls is the story of Heather Cash who lives in a close-knit neighborhood in Saint Cloud where no one talks about the terrible things that are happening. Heather feels she is being shoved too quickly into adulthood but is powerless to slow down. When two of her best friends are killed, Heather comes to realize that telling the truth is necessary. The novel's main themes are the trials and milestones of maturing, the desire to belong, the evolving roles of an individual in a relationship, the importance of facing the truth, and the will to survive.