Well, she won't do anything but it's not far short. This girl has the difficult background but she decides straight away that she wants to be a Billings girl – that's the elite clique – and she'll do whatever she has to do to become one of them, or even just to be tolerated by them. I had mixed feelings about Reed she's not the traditional Cinderella figure who comes from a poor background and makes good through her virtues. Well, some of it's good, some of it's bad and some of it is downright ugly. Throughout her childhood it was easier not to have friends and to keep herself to herself, but that's not going to be the way forward at Easton. She's close to her father, but her mother is a pill-popping nightmare who thinks nothing of humiliating her. She also discovers that being one of the brightest students in her old school is simply not enough to get by at Easton, where some of the students are terrifyingly bright. Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Booksįifteen year old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy, a co-ed boarding school, only to realise that everyone there is rich and sophisticated. It is, though, a good story - and part of quite a long series. Summary: Set in an American co-ed boarding school, Private will appeal to teenagers more than their parents, with its mixed messages about the consequences of your actions.
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