Dead Wrong has been written for the second year high school student who is a motivated reader. It is highly suitable for wide reading, literature circles or novel study. The novel is in the crime genre and follows the classic conventions of crime fiction, complete with red herrings, amateur sleuths and forensic science. As part of the English Alive program, the novel has a number of accompanying worksheets, found in the English Alive Teacher Resource Book Phase 2, covering language, reading, thinking strategies, and an overview of the novel.