4 stars
It took me a while to process this book, mostly because I have children and I found many episodes in this book really disturbing. In a wealthy suburb of San Francisco, a middle school is rocked by a tragedy involving instances of mostly online bullying. Fast forward to junior year and the incident, while never discussed, reverberates among the students and faculty. Miss Nicoll is a young teacher, young enough to remember her own insecurities in high school, and is drawn to these turbulent students to an alarming degree. Her narrative is interspersed with a student's perspectives, which while also disquieting, at least provide a bit of background for their behavior. Although I definitely had problems with this book, once I started reading I could not stop and am still considering these people's behaviors days later. I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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