Trailer Released for ABC Family Series The Lying Game

We haven't heard much recently about the television series adaptation of the young adult thriller The Lying Game by Sara Shepard, but maybe we just haven't been paying attention. Because a trailer for the ABC Family series was released a couple of weeks ago, and we completely missed it! We've embedded it below. (The Lying Game is the first of an expected four book series by Shepard; Never Have I Ever, the second book in the series, is published next month by HarperTeen.)

From the same team that brought Shepard's other series to television — that would be Pretty Little Liars — comes The Lying Game, in which Emma (Alexandrea Chando), a kind-hearted foster kid, who learns she has an identical twin sister, Sutton (also played by Chando). Sutton, unlike Emma, was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on the mysterious identity of their birth mother. After Sutton inexplicably fails to return to the girls' designated meeting place, Emma must decide whether to come clean about her identity and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister's whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.

The Lying Game premieres on ABC Family on August 15th, 2011. Watch a preview for the series below.