• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 15.

• Is it any good?

  4.0

• Common Sense says

  Boarding school novel with depth, drugs, and sex.

Why We Rated This for Ages 15–18

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  The students are privileged and indulgent. They engage in underage drinking, sex, and illegal drug use. They also experience repercussions for their actions and understand that what they do is wrong.
• Violence:

  A student dies and is found by other students -- the way she is found, how she died, and her body are described. A student remembers physical fights he's had with his sibling.
• Sex:

  Chase has sex in a music practice room and almost has sex with a college girl while high on GHB. Talk about masturbation, sexual fantasies, and experiences, plus sexual banter and innuendo.
• Language:

  Typical teen swearing, plus a few characters are heavy four-letter-word users. An African-American student uses the "N" word.
• Consumerism:

  The culture of the boarding school denotes immense wealth and privilege and brand names like Hermes, Dunhill, and OP were used to illustrate.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  It seems the majority of the students at the boarding school drink, smoke, and try illegal drugs, with one student even being a dealer for prescription drugs snagged from the school nurse.

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