"Deeply felt, powerful, devastating and, ultimately, hopeful." -- Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star "Powerful and necessary...an important, timely book." --Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be "A story that belongs in every library." --School Library Journal (starred review) "A thoughtfully crafted argument for feminism and allyship." --Kirkus Reviews From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Brendan Kiely, a stunning novel that explores the insidious nature of tradition at a prestigious boarding school. Prestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy.
Jules Devereux just wants to keep her head down, avoid distractions, and get into the right college, so she can leave Fullbrook and its old-boy social codes behind.
Jamie Baxter feels like an imposter at Fullbrook, but the hockey scholarship that got him in has given him a chance to escape his past and fulfill the dreams of his parents and coaches, whose mantra rings in his ears:
Don't disappoint us.
As Jules and Jamie's lives intertwine, and the pressures to play by the rules and to keep the school's toxic secrets, they are faced with a powerful choice: remain silent while others get hurt, or stand together against the ugly, sexist traditions of an institution that believes it can do no wrong.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 05/01/2018
ISBN: 9781481480345
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.40d
Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 103
Booklist 02/15/2018 pg. 78
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 03/12/2018
Shelf Awareness 05/04/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2018 pg. 113
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 114 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 195303 / Tradition
Reading Level: 4.7 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 12