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Product Description Lie. Cheat. Bribe. How Far Would You Go To Get Into Your Dream School? How Far Would Your Parents Go? Inspired By The Recent College Admissions Scandal, This Ripped-From-The-Headlines Ya Novel By The New York Times Bestselling Author Of Tell Me Three Things Sees One Teenage GirlS Privileged World Shatter When Her FamilyS Lies Are Exposed.ItS Good To Be Chloe Wynn Berringer--She Has It All--Money, Privilege, And A Ticket To The College Of Her Dreams. Or At Least She Did Until The Fbi Came Knocking On Her Front Door, Guns At The Ready, And Her Future Went Up In Smoke. Now Her B List Celebrity Mother Is Under Arrest In A Massive College Admissions Bribery Scandal, And Chloe Might Be The Next One Facing Charges. The Public Is Furious, The Headlines Are Brutal, And The Us Attorney Is Out For Blood.As Everything SheS Taken For Granted Starts To Slip Away, Chloe Must Reckon Not Only With The Truth Of What Happened, But Also With The Examination Of Her Own Guilt. How Much Did She Really Know-Or Guess? Why Did Her Parents Think The Only Way For Her To Succeed Was To Cheat? And What Does It Really Mean To Be Complicit?Bestselling Author Julie Buxbaum Takes On The College Admissions Bribery Scandal That Rocked The Country In This Timely Tale Of The Hyper Elite And The Hyper Competitive, And The Lengths They Go To Stay At The Top. Review Deft, Page-Turning, And Fresh As The Latest College Admissions Gossip.-Kirkus Reviews[BuxbaumS] Assessment Of The Entitled 1% Feels Spot-On.-Publishers WeeklyA Gripping, Thoughtful Exploration Of Contemporary Themes.-SljWhether Or Not Readers Are Familiar With The Real-Life Events That Inspired The Story, TheyRe Likely To Find It Captivating; The Novel Goes Behind The Headlines To Add Humanity And Complexity To A Juicy National Scandal.-The Horn BookAn Absorbing And Topical Novel.-Booklist About The Author Julie Buxbaum Is The Author Of Thewhat To Say Next, As Well As Thenew York Times Bestsellertell Me Three Things, Her Debut Young Adult Novel. She Also Wrote The Critically Acclaimedthe Opposite Of Love Andafter You. Her Work Has Been Translated Into Twenty-Five Languages. She Lives In Los Angeles With Her Husband And Their Two Young Children. Excerpt. Reprinted By Permission. All Rights Reserved. Chapter OneNowMy Younger Sister, Isla, Will Claim That She Heard The Footsteps Before The Doorbell Rang, Like A Swelling Movie Score. On. The. Count. Of. Three. That She Knew Then What Was To Come. The Guns, The Hard Metal Handcuffs, The Cameras, The Headlines, The Conversion From Human Being Into Meme.The Everything Being Over, Just Like That.I DonT Believe Her.Isla Has Also Sworn That She Had A Dream About An Earthquake The Night Before The Big One In Thailand Last Fall, That She Suspected Beyonc Was Going To Drop That Surprise Album, That Three Years Ago She Predicted Everyone Would Grow Tired Of Cupcakes And Start Eating Macarons Instead. Which Is To Say That Isla Likes To Be The First To Know Stuff, To Take Credit For Willing Into Being That Which Is Incapable Of Being Willed. I Am Always The Last To Know. Maybe This Is The Biggest Difference Between Us, How Comfortable We Are Anticipating That Which CanT Be Anticipated, How Prepared We Are For That For Which We CanT Prepare.I Am Not Ready. The Apocalypse ShouldnT Arrive When YouRe In Flip-Flops Or Wearing Sweatpants That Have Your High SchoolS Acronym (Wvhs) Spread Along Your Backside. At Least, This WasnT How ID Always Pictured The End: ID Expected To Need A Stash Of Batteries And A Flashlight And Canisters Of Water, None Of Which Would Have Helped Make This Moment Any Easier.I Certainly DidnT Expect Hungry Paparazzi With Cameras Slung Around Their Necks.I Hear The Doorbell, Which Triggers A Pavlovian Burst Of Joy. The Doorbell Usually Announces The Arrival Of Something Good: Cosmetics I Ordered From Sephora, A Swag Box Fro