Seven Deadly Sins is a series of young kids' novels written by Robin Wasserman. Its plot follows a group of bankrupt teens living in the town of Grace, California. The series was published starting in 2005 through Simon Pulse and consists of seven books, each one named after one of the seven deadly sins. The books by release date are Lust (1981), Envy, Pride (1983), Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony (1990), and Greed.
The series was adapted into a TV miniseries in 2005 that starred Dreama Walker, Rachel Melvin, Jared Keeso, Reila Aphrodite, and Eric Close.
Synopsis
The stories follow a group of teens as they battle with their desires and the backstabbing, cut-throat things they will do to get what they want—from betraying best friends to realizing they would do anything to get revenge on the best friend who wronged them.
Books
Lust (2005) Envy (2005) Pride (2006) Wrath (2006) Sloth (2006) Gluttony (2007) Greed (2007)
Characters
Harper Grace
Harper Grace is the 'it' girl at Haven High. Her great-grandparents founded the town. Ever since she was a little kid she had a crush on her best friend Adam who is the new girl Beth's eye candy. Harper is self-centered and uses the town as her personal playground with her best friend Miranda Stevens. They also use metrosexual Kane Geary to ruin people's lives. In the first few books she and Kane befriend the evil-minded Kaia Sellers to foil Adam and Beth's relationship, since Harper wants Adam and Kane wants Beth, all the while shoving off Miranda. Kaia has sparked a relationship with her teacher Jack Powell and mechanic Reed Sawyer. They fake a sex scandal using Kane and Harper while Kaia takes pictures which Kane later doctors to make it look as though Harper was Beth. They then sent the pictures to Adam causing him to believe Beth cheated on him with his best friend Kane and he breaks up with her.
Beth discovers it was actually Harper and Kane who caused the whole thing at Kaia's New Years Party. She had received drugs from Kane as a 'present' to help her loosen up. When she and Adam walk in on Kane giving a drunken ramble about what he and Harper had done, Beth and Adam decide to get back together and leave the two they were with. Kaia does not care for Harper and Kane but wanting to do something because she was in a good mood, walks out and with a few simple words insinuating what Adam and Kaia had done together Beth leaves him once more. Beth and Miranda get together to destroy Harper because of Harper betraying Miranda. This leads to a flyer being passed around the school about the different people — mainly Kane, Harper, Adam, and Kaia although there were a few others just to spread it around to not look like a personal attack. This does not work and Miranda and Beth stop working together.
Beth auditions to read a speech to the Governor but Harper cuts in to destroy Beth's chances. Harper wins by popularity and Beth went home angry. She looked to the drugs in her room and took them to school. She slipped one into Harper's water before her speech. Harper embarrasses herself in front of the entire school and runs out and into Kaia who, both wanting to escape Harper, takes the wheel and drive off. They go driving out of town and a red van wanders into their lane and crashes into the sports car killing Kaia. Harper starts having nightmares about Kaia and how it was her fault that Kaia was dead. Depressed, she tries to make things right but will not open up to anybody. In "Sloth" she realizes she has to live her life the way she wants and starts to let people in and opens up. In "Gluttony", Harper goes to Las Vegas and starts to begin her friendship with Adam again. Her plans take a turn for the worst when Beth admits she drugged Harper. Harper becomes angry and decides she is better off alone. At the end of the book she finds Beth about to jump off a roof but she teaches Beth that there is something to live for — you just have to find it.