And there was no family stamp of similarity in our faces.Įven in the dark I can see her flushed cheeks, her berry-stained lips parted, the few scattered freckles that dust her cheeks. But the two of them inherited her complexion, while I had my father’s Whitey McWhiterson skin. Joseph looked more like our mother, and shared her stick-straight hair, unlike me and Daniel. Instead, my father’s patrician nose and jaw were reflected in my own. I had none of her exquisite Indian features not her perfect oval face or her lacquer-black hair. She has an intellectual older brother named Daniel, and a younger brother, Joseph. This leads Mara and her family to move to Miami, Florida. In Rhode Island, her best friend was Rachel, who dies in a tragic accident. She is a 17 year old girl, born on March 15th, from Laurelton, Rhode Island. Mara Amitra Dyer is the main protagonist of the Mara Dyer series. This is what I remember.' - Mara Dyer's opening letter in 'The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer' And it's important that you know, so you're not next. No one would know that somewhere out there is a B student with a body count. But without my big mouth, no one would know that a seventeen-year-old who likes Death Cab for Cutie was responsible for the murders. Even telling you this much probably isn't that smart. I know that having a fake name is strange, but trust me- it's the most normal thing about my life right now. A nom de plume, for all of us studying for the SATs. 'My name is not Mara Dyer, but my lawyer told me I had to choose something.

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