Influence

Gr 7 Up–After the video of her rushing into a burning building to rescue a puppy goes viral, teenager Delilah “@LilaD” Rollins and her family have recently arrived in Los Angeles—an epicenter of social media influencer culture. When she receives a DM from mega media star Jasmine Walters-Diaz inviting her to an influencer event, Delilah’s life will never be the same. Along the way, she meets Fiona Jacobs (gorgeous on the outside, a hot mess on the inside) whose terrible secret is torturing her; Scarlett Leigh, one half of the ultimate social media ‘ship, with a life more complicated than anyone realizes; and Jack, the bad boy YouTube star who is the second half of that internet-famous relationship. Their lives are scripted and documented to the Nth degree and while those lives may appear perfect, the reality is far from it. Shepard (Pretty Little Liars; The Perfectionists) teams up with teenage social media maven Buckingham to create a whodunit set against the highly competitive, cutthroat world of social media influencers. This is a fun romp and a peek into a fascinating, of-the-moment cultural phenomenon.