The Thrashers

By Julie Soto

Book Overview

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES

A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD NOMINEE * One of School Library Journal's Best YA Books of the Year

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
AN INDIE NEXT PICK

Either you're in or you're out.

Welcome to the Thrashers, the elite friend group at New Helvetia High.

They're everything everyone wants to be.

Jodi Dillon was never meant to be one of them. Julian, Lucy, Paige, and the infamous Zack Thrasher are rich, sophisticated, and love attention. Jodi feels out of place, but Zack's her childhood best friend, so she's in.

Then Emily Mills, who desperately wanted to be a Thrasher, dies--and the whispers about the Thrashers begin. As Emily's journal surfaces, detectives close in, and Jodi faces an impossible choice: betray her friends or protect herself.

But as eerie messages and strange occurrences escalate, it becomes clear--Emily isn't done with them yet.

A twisty thrill-ride of unforgettable drama and suspense that "encapsulates the vulnerability of adolescents playing adult games" (Ali Hazelwood) from USA Today bestselling author Julie Soto, The Thrashers will keep you up at night desperate to read just one more page.

"A tour-de-force YA debut from Julie Soto." - Alexa Donne

"For fans of Karen McManus and Kara Thomas, The Thrashers had me holding my breath, sweaty-palming my e-reader, and dying to flip each page to see what would happen next." - Susan Lee

"Expertly plotted and full of flawed, morally gray characters you still can't help rooting for, The Thrashers is one of the best books I've read this year." - Evelyn Skye

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 125037717X
• ISBN13: 9781250377173
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Wednesday Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great thriller!

While reading this, I kept thinking to myself that I am so glad I am past my teenage years and that my high school experience was much tamer than this crazy wild ride of a story! But, I must say, all the drama of this so called Thrashers group makes for excellent reading and boy does a lot happen during this year after the death of Emily and the persecution of the Thrashers as everyone tries to figure out the truth of her suicide. No one is perfect, people make mistakes and decisions that have not been fully thought out (thanks to teen brains not fully developed yet), but it was easy to sympathize with Jodi who is definitely stuck between a rock and a hard place with her loyalties to the Thrashers, but also conflicting stories from others showing that maybe the Thrashers did have something to do with Emily's death. While most of the book deals with the case being brought to charge the Thrashers, you do get a touch of maybe the supernatural and some crazy accidents and close calls with death. But you also get decent people, or at least ones that try to help get everything out in the open. Great story with plenty of thrills and chills, and the maturing of teens as they come to grips with their actions (mostly anyways). I liked the ending which had a nice touch of revenge for what happened with Emily (spooky!). If you like YA thrillers, this is a good option!