How far would you go to get into the right college?... Fans of Becky
Albertalli will appreciate this sharp-witted, timely novel about an
overachiever who stumbles into the middle of a college admissions
scandal.
Mischa Abramavicius is a walking, talking, top-scoring, perfectly
well-rounded college application in human form. So when she's rejected
not only by the Ivies, but also by her loathsome safety school, she is
shocked and devastated. All the sacrifices her mother made to send her
to prep school, the late nights cramming for tests, the blatantly
résumé-padding extracurriculars (read: Students for Sober Driving), the
feelings of burnout . . . all that for nothing.
As Mischa grapples with the prospect of an increasingly uncertain
future, she questions how this could have happened in the first place.
Is it possible that her transcript was hacked? With the help of her best
friend and sometimes crush, Nate, and a group of eccentric techies known
as The Ophelia Syndicate, Mischa launches an investigation that will
shake the quiet community of Blanchard Prep to its stately brick
foundations.
In her sophomore novel, A. E. Kaplan cranks the humor to full blast and
takes a serious look at the extreme pressure of college admissions.
A well-written, intricately plotted, and sympathetic portrayal of
the pressures that some elite college-bound kids experience during
senior year. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
A JLG Selection
