Verify

By Joelle Charbonneau

Book #1 in the Verify series

In a world without lies, Meri uncovers dangerous truths that could change everything.

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336 pages· 90,408 words· Est. 8.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Meri Beckley lives in a seemingly perfect world, but her mother's death raises unsettling questions. As she delves into her mother's past, Meri discovers a hidden reality the government wants to keep buried. Faced with a choice between accepting the official narrative or risking everything to reveal the truth, Meri must navigate a world where words hold immense power and danger lurks in every revelation. Will she dare to challenge the status quo, or will the truth remain hidden forever?

From the publisher

“Wow! Shades of Fahrenheit 451 and Orwell’s 1984. Painfully real and urgent. Read this book.” –Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the Gone seriesBestselling author Joelle Charbonneau’s eerily timely, high-stakes page-turner is destined to start important conversations at this particular moment in our history. Meri Beckley lives in a world without lies. When she looks at the peaceful Chicago streets, she feels pride in the era of unprecedented hope and prosperity over which the governor presides.But when Meri’s mother is killed, Meri suddenly has questions that no one else seems to be asking. And when she tries to uncover her mother’s state of mind in her last weeks, she finds herself drawn into a secret world with a history she didn’t know existed.Suddenly, Meri is faced with a choice between accepting the “truth” or embracing a world the government doesn’t want anyone to see–a world where words have the power to change the course of a country and where the wrong ones can get Meri killed.

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