Get out of Town (Riverdale Series #2)

by Micol Ostow

Overview

When Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead take a road trip, they discover that their small-town problems seem to follow them wherever they go.

Archie's on trial for murder, and the evidence is stacked against him. Betty, Veronica, and Jughead all know that Archie is being framed by Hiram Lodge, but how can they prove it? The gang comes up with a last-ditch plan to prove Archie's innocence: They have to go back to the scene of the crime. They have to go back to Shadow Lake.Threats are around every corner deep in the woods at the Lodge family cabin. Will the teens find the evidence they need to clear Archie's name? And more importantly, will they make it back to Riverdale alive?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338289480
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	05/28/2019
Series:	Riverdale , #2
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	1,037,209
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	HL700L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Micol Ostow has written over 50 works for readers of all ages, including projects based on properties like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, and most recently, Mean Girls: A Novel. As a child she drew her own Archie comics panels, and in her former life as an editor she published the Betty & Veronica Mad Libs game. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters who are also way too pop culture-obsessed. Visit her online at micolostow.com.

Editorial Reviews

2019-06-18
Archie Andrews is on trial for murder, and his friends are determined to save him.

Cassidy Bullock and his friends terrorized Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica while they were spending the weekend in Shadow Lake, and when Cassidy is killed, Hiram Lodge frames Archie for it. Archie blames himself for ever getting involved in Hiram's schemes, Veronica turns her back on her parents for the sake of love, Betty struggles to cope after learning that her father was the Black Hood serial killer, and Jughead becomes the new King of the Serpents biker gang after his father steps down. They attend a party at Reggie's house, but distressing confrontations with others make them leave for Pop's Chock'Lit Shoppe, where they decide to return to Shadow Lake to search for evidence to prove Archie's innocence. Ostow's (The Day Before, 2018, etc.) second Riverdale story offers a directionless plot that hints at future key points that are explored in the CW's show. Through alternating perspectives, readers gain insight into characters other than the core four, including Reggie, who views Archie as his rival; Josie, who is focused on the success of the Pussycats; and Ethel, who is entranced by the mysterious Gargoyle King who promises happiness in exchange for her unwavering loyalty. With few physical descriptions, characters' diversity is assumed to match the cast of the show.

Riverdale enthusiasts may appreciate this unnecessary literary adaptation. (Fiction. 13-18)

Kirkus Reviews