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A stunning novel in the great tradition of American coming-of-age novels from Catcher in the Rye to The Secret History. Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields, everyone singing hymns in chapel. But as she soon learns, Ault is a minefield of unstated rules and incomprehensible social rituals, and Lee must work hard to find - and maintain - her place in the pecking order.

Language

en

Published on

22/07/2010

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780552776844

Who is this book for? Readers interested in coming-of-age stories and explorations of adolescence.

Topics Adolescent angstAcademic pressureSocial classIdentity formationFriendship dynamicsParental relationshipsSocial exclusionEmotional turmoilPeer pressurePersonal growthIdentityFriendshipSurvival
MoodReflective, Humorous
Female protagonist
HumorOccasional Humor
RomanceMinor Subplot
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

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