Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: MANY
Weatherby is super excited to get a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School. There she meets other 12yo students who she hopes to fit in with, even if she is not wealthy or privileged. Weatherby is hiding a secret, but it turns out that her classmates are too, ones they are all desperate to conceal. When they are tapped to join the oldest, most powerful secret society in the world, their secrets may all come to life.
The premise was interesting and paced well. There are themes of power and privilege and finding your own moral compass, as well as climate activism. I just wish that the characters were older than 12. They act older and are placed in situations that would seem better with older kids. Even a top-secret society may want to wait a few years to tap out its elite. While culture and race aren't mentioned, the two main characters seem to be white.
Michelle in the Middle
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