Prep: a novel
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005.
Format:
Book
Edition:
2005 Random House Trade Paperback ed.
Physical Desc:
420 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
Description
In the late 1980s, for reasons even she has difficulty pinpointing, fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves her middle-class, close-knit, ribald family in Indiana and enrolls at Ault, an elite co-ed boarding school in Massachusetts. Both intimidated and fascinated by her classmates, Lee becomes a shrewd observer of, and ultimately a participant in, their rituals and mores, although, as a scholarship student, she constantly feels like an outsider. By the time she's a senior, Lee has found her place at Ault. But when her behavior takes a self-destructive and highly public turn, her hard-won identity within the community is shattered. Lee's experiences, complicated relationships with teachers, intense and sometimes rancorous friendships with other girls, an all-consuming preoccupation with a classmate who is less than a boyfriend and more than a crush, are both a psychologically astute portrait of one girl's coming-of-age and an embodiment of the painful and thrilling adolescence universal to us all.
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F SITTENFELD
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F SITTENFELD
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SITTENFELD
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Language:
English
ISBN:
081297235X, 9780812972351
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.5, 26 Points
Level 6.5, 26 Points
Notes
General Note
Includes a Reader's guide and Reading group questions and topics for discussion.
Description
In the late 1980s, for reasons even she has difficulty pinpointing, fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves her middle-class, close-knit, ribald family in Indiana and enrolls at Ault, an elite co-ed boarding school in Massachusetts. Both intimidated and fascinated by her classmates, Lee becomes a shrewd observer of, and ultimately a participant in, their rituals and mores, although, as a scholarship student, she constantly feels like an outsider. By the time she's a senior, Lee has found her place at Ault. But when her behavior takes a self-destructive and highly public turn, her hard-won identity within the community is shattered. Lee's experiences, complicated relationships with teachers, intense and sometimes rancorous friendships with other girls, an all-consuming preoccupation with a classmate who is less than a boyfriend and more than a crush, are both a psychologically astute portrait of one girl's coming-of-age and an embodiment of the painful and thrilling adolescence universal to us all.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,6.5,26,86510
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APA Citation (style guide)
Sittenfeld, C. (2005). Prep: a novel. 2005 Random House Trade Paperback ed. Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Sittenfeld, Curtis. 2005. Prep: A Novel. Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Sittenfeld, Curtis, Prep: A Novel. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Sittenfeld, Curtis. Prep: A Novel. 2005 Random House Trade Paperback ed. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005.
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