What's the secret to surviving high school?Freshman Emily Kessler needs perfect grades, a rigorous training schedule, and record-breaking swim times. After her older sister Sara's mysterious death, Emily is under pressure to follow in her Olympic-track footsteps. She survives by limiting her fun to lunch with her best friend Tina and the rare Friday-night sleepover. But when she falls for Twin Branches High's mischievous heartthrob Ben Kale, and secrets about Sara start to surface, Emily begins to question the strict path her life has followed up until now. Maybe there is more to life than studying and swimming. But if she breaks a few rules, will she survive the consequences?

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Surviving High School .

There are 272 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2012 by Little, Brown & Company .

M. Doty is an award-winning screenwriter, game-writer and novelist. For the last six years, Doty has worked as a writer for Electronic Arts' hit mobile game, Surviving High School .