Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Themes: Survival, Friendship, Psychology, Delinquency, Mental Health
Author Information: Eliot Schrefer is a resident of New York City and an honors graduate of Harvard College. A contributor to The Huffington Post and a reviewer for USA Today, Eliot has been profiled in Newsweek, The New York Magazine, the New York Post, WWD, and NPR's "Leonard Lopate Show." His first novel, Glamorous Disasters, became an international bestseller. He has since been writing for young adults. His books have been translated into Russian, Polish, Romanian, and German.
Plot Summary: When Angela's parents pack her off to reform school, they are obviously hoping she'll be able to turn her life around at no inconvenience to them. When it turns out that the school isn't all that concerned about reform or students' welfare, Angela realizes she needs to keep her edge and stay dangerous in order to navigate her treacherous new world.
Booktalk: How dangerous could you be in order to survive? In The School for Dangerous Girls, that's the answer Angela has to figure out for herself. After an unfortunate confrontation between her loser boyfriend and her grandfather, Angela's parents send her to a boarding school for bad girls, where it seems there are no rules and every day is a struggle. In a place where even her closest friends are treacherous and the teachers are out to get her, how will Angela win back her freedom?
If you loved this, you'll like:
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted. Viking, 2007.
AcAulay, Alex. Bad Girls. MTV Books, 2005.
Sachar, Louis. Holes. FSG, 1998.
Other books by this author:
Glamourous Disasters. S & S, 2006.
The New Kid. S & S, 2007.
The Deadly Sister. Scholastic Press, 2010.
Themes: Survival, Friendship, Psychology, Delinquency, Mental Health
Author Information: Eliot Schrefer is a resident of New York City and an honors graduate of Harvard College. A contributor to The Huffington Post and a reviewer for USA Today, Eliot has been profiled in Newsweek, The New York Magazine, the New York Post, WWD, and NPR's "Leonard Lopate Show." His first novel, Glamorous Disasters, became an international bestseller. He has since been writing for young adults. His books have been translated into Russian, Polish, Romanian, and German.
Plot Summary: When Angela's parents pack her off to reform school, they are obviously hoping she'll be able to turn her life around at no inconvenience to them. When it turns out that the school isn't all that concerned about reform or students' welfare, Angela realizes she needs to keep her edge and stay dangerous in order to navigate her treacherous new world.
Booktalk: How dangerous could you be in order to survive? In The School for Dangerous Girls, that's the answer Angela has to figure out for herself. After an unfortunate confrontation between her loser boyfriend and her grandfather, Angela's parents send her to a boarding school for bad girls, where it seems there are no rules and every day is a struggle. In a place where even her closest friends are treacherous and the teachers are out to get her, how will Angela win back her freedom?
If you loved this, you'll like:
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted. Viking, 2007.
AcAulay, Alex. Bad Girls. MTV Books, 2005.
Sachar, Louis. Holes. FSG, 1998.
Other books by this author:
Glamourous Disasters. S & S, 2006.
The New Kid. S & S, 2007.
The Deadly Sister. Scholastic Press, 2010.