Fiona's father has been in prison and has just returned home, and everyone is acting strangely towards him. Fiona is being teased at school because of her father, and the teachers are also acting strangely towards her. Her father was imprisoned on the basis of accusations from a girl a little older than Fiona - he allegedly tried to molest her at a party. He claimed he was innocent, but everyone believed the girl. When he returned, he refused to talk about it. Fiona withdraws when he arrives, starts hanging out with bad company and sneaking out to parties. At one of these home parties, when the drinks run out, the girls convince her to go upstairs to a relative of one of them. If he refuses to give her alcohol, she should accuse him of trying to molest her. This is how it becomes clear to her that her father was the victim of one of these girls.

Like the other books in the Iziberi series, this one is intended for older teenagers, ninth-graders, and high school students. The story deals with the current topic of sexual abuse, but from a different perspective – false accusations. The simply written work offers suitable starting points for conversations about baseless accusations, about labeling people based solely on rumors, and about the consequences that unverified accusations have on the lives of innocent people. (adapted from Bukla)

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