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Tradition, Honor, Excellence...and secrets so dark they're almost invisible Fifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy -- the golden ticket away from her pill-popping mother and run-of-the-mill suburban life. But when she arrives on the beautiful, tradition-steeped campus of Easton, everyone is just a bit more sophisticated, a bit more gorgeous, and a lot wealthier than she ever thought... (more)

SCHOOLED

by Anisha Lakhani

"By turns dishy, delightful, and hilarious, Anisha Lakhani's debut novel is also a biting teach and tell. Required reading!" --Claire Cook, author of Summer Blowout, Life's a Beach , and Must Love Dogs "Schooled isn't only a novel. . . It's a piece of sociology" -- The Wall Street Journal "Sharply observed debut" -- People Magazine "Witty, entertaining, and all together tantalizing" ... (more)

Gossip Girl: Book 1

Gossip Girl

by Cecily Von Ziegesar

lder teens and adult readers can't get enough of Gossip Girl, the anonymous narrator who made her catty debut in the bestselling Gossip Girl and titillated readers in the juicy sequel, You Know You Love Me. Now in All I Want Is Everything, readers will love her even more as Gossip Girl dishes up dose after hefty dose of dirt on all her friends-New York's wealthiest private school teens. Sharp wit, intriguing... (more)

One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding

by Robert Gover

A college sophomore spends a weekend with a pretty 14-year-old black prostitute under the manly misapprehension that she has invited him because she finds him irrresistable. Outraged when her guest resists payment, Kitten steals her rightful $100 fee, and the hijinks begins. Includes an all new introduction from the author.

Academy X: A Novel

by Andrew S. Trees

Welcome to Academy X, an ethical wonderland in which up is down, right is wrong, and parents and students will stop at nothing (including lying, plagiarizing, and even seduction to name a few) in orderto get into the Ivy League. Caught in the middle is John Spencer, a bumbling but loveable English teacher struggling through the final weeks of his spring semester. But keeping focused on a Jane Austen seminar... (more)

The Prey Series: Book 18

Phantom Prey

by John Sandford

Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before— but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey novel from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author. John Sandford’s most recent Davenport novel, Invisible Prey , was hailed as “one of his best books in recent memory” ( The Washington Post ); “as fresh and entertaining as ever” ( Chicago Sun-Times ); and “rivetingly readable” ( Richmond Times-Dispatch... (more)

The Preppy Murder TrialBryna Taubman

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Private

by Kate Brian