The Beauty of US
ECW Press · Print & ebook · September 17, 2024
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- Who it’s for
- A moody school story with enough texture for both reading and discussion.
- Genres
- Boarding School YA, Bullying for Teens, Coming of Age
- Published
- ECW Press, September 17, 2024
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September 1984, Thornton College private school. After 15-year-old Zahabiya’s father remarries, she can’t wait to leave home and convinces him to send her away to boarding school. But will she fit in? She joins a clique of smart students but isn’t sure if she measures up or how to read the mixed messages from a guy she’s crushing on. Seventeen-year-old Leesa has been at Thornton since middle school after her parents’ messy divorce.
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She’s been climbing the school’s social ladder with equal measures of meanness and manipulation. She’s also guarding a big secret that she has to work overtime to keep from her friends. Fresh out of university, this is Nahla’s first real teaching job, and she’s drowning. She has her distractions though: the flirty art teacher and a cryptic notebook left behind by her deceased predecessor, Mademoiselle Leblanc. Zahabiya and her friends — all racialized girls and victims of Leesa’s bullying — uncover Leesa’s secret. But can they help Leesa? Nahla, too, is embroiled in her own mystery, assisted by Mademoiselle Leblanc’s ghost. Each is indelibly changed by what they learn. Masterfully crafted, The Beauty of Us is a gripping novel about surviving hardship, the power of friendship, and growing up.
Moody School Story
A moody school story with enough texture for both reading and discussion.
Come here for
- Dark academia atmosphere
- Classroom-ready conversation fuel
Expect
- Bullying and belief in the mix
- A fit for study or sustained reading
Where it sits
| Boarding School YA | 74% |
|---|---|
| Coming of Age | 52% |
| Bullying for Teens | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Surviving Sexual Abuse
- Authors
- Farzana Doctor, Adrienne Fish, Audible Studios
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Published
- September 17, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Girls & Women