The most dangerous place on earth : a novel / Lindsey Lee Johnson
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TextEdition: First editionDescription: 272 pages ; 25 cmISBN: 9780812997279; 0812997271Subject(s): High school students -- Fiction | High school teachers -- Fiction | Social media -- Fiction | High school teachers -- Fiction | High school students -- FictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction | Psychological fiction. | Psychological fiction | Fiction. | Psychological fiction DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3610.O36285 | M67 2017Summary: In an edenic community of wealthy Bay Area families, Molly Nicholl, a replacement teacher from a poorer, scrubbier version of California, arrives in the middle of the school year and soon becomes intrigues by the hidden lives of her privileged students. Unknown to her, a tragedy from their middle school years continues to reverberate for 'her' kids. Among these are Callista, a hippie outcast who hides her intelligence for reasons of her own; Ryan the star pitcher and sex object; Dave, the nice kid whose parents' obsession with his SAT scores threatens to upend his life; Emma, a dancer who balances her dreams of bright stagelights with wildness on the weekends, and Nick, the uneasy kingpin of schemes, pranks, and parties. These teens are all navigating in a world in which every action may become public--postable, shareable, indelible--a world Molly finds both alluring and dangerous
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/JOHNSON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500042748 |
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| FIC/JOH Invisible son / | FIC/JOHNSON Believarexic / | FIC/JOHNSON This girl is different / | FIC/JOHNSON The most dangerous place on earth : | FIC/JON The Known world / | FIC/JON The known world / | FIC/JON I'm not dying with you tonight / |
In an edenic community of wealthy Bay Area families, Molly Nicholl, a replacement teacher from a poorer, scrubbier version of California, arrives in the middle of the school year and soon becomes intrigues by the hidden lives of her privileged students. Unknown to her, a tragedy from their middle school years continues to reverberate for 'her' kids. Among these are Callista, a hippie outcast who hides her intelligence for reasons of her own; Ryan the star pitcher and sex object; Dave, the nice kid whose parents' obsession with his SAT scores threatens to upend his life; Emma, a dancer who balances her dreams of bright stagelights with wildness on the weekends, and Nick, the uneasy kingpin of schemes, pranks, and parties. These teens are all navigating in a world in which every action may become public--postable, shareable, indelible--a world Molly finds both alluring and dangerous
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