Pretty Little Liars
Originally developed as a television series by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment, the idea was described as "Desperate Housewives for teens.
Alison DiLaurentis, manipulative and vindictive of Rosewood. Spencer Hasting, a perfectionist always trying to outdo her overachieving sister and the only girl in the group to ever stand up to Alison; Hanna Marin, overweight and so desperate to be popular; Aria Montgomery,a unique and retro downtown chick whose parents insist that she calls them by their first names; and Emily Fields, a competitive swimmer from an ultra-conservative family who is most protective. But before the start of the 8th grade, Ali disappears after getting into a heated argument with Spencer at a sleepover, and the group falls apart. One year later, Aria, back from a trip from Iceland that left her feeling confident, beautiful, and more stylish than ever reluctantly returns to town to find former nerd Mona Vanderwaal and a newly-thin Hanna to be the new social leaders of Rosewood Day. Soon Aria begins an affair with her English teacher, Spencer falls for her sister's boyfriend, Emily is in love with the new girl at school, and Hanna starts to shoplift. Suddenly a mysterious person called "A" threatens to reveal the girls' secrets from past and present, including ones they thought only Alison knew; and one in particular that the girls refer to as "the Jenna thing" Ultimately, Alison's body is found cemented in her former back yard, and the DiLaurentis family holds a funeral for Alison in Rosewood, "the only home Alison ever knew." By the book's end, the identity of "A" remains unknown.
