TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steel,Danielle
TI  - Moral Compass
SN  - 9780399179532
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Delacorte Press
KW  - Preparatory school students
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Preparatory schools
KW  - Private schools
KW  - Students
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Alcohol
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Children of the rich
KW  - Rich people
KW  - Rape
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood
KW  - Secrecy
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - lcgft
N2  - "Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send  their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League, and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs. Traditionally a boys-only school, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled one hundred and forty female students for the first time. Even though most of the kids on the campus have all the privilege in the world, some are struggling, wounded by their parents bitter divorces, dealing with insecurity and loneliness. In such a heightened environment, even the smallest spark can become a raging fire. One day after the schools annual Halloween event, a student lies in the hospital, her system poisoned by dangerous levels of alcohol. Everyone in this sheltered community--parents, teachers, students, police, and the media--are left trying to figure out what actually happened. Only the handful of students who were there when she was attacked truly know the answers and they have vowed to keep one anothers secrets. As details from the evening emerge, powerful families are forced to hire attorneys and less powerful families watch helplessly. Parents marriages are jeopardized, and students futures are impacted. No one at Saint Ambrose can escape the fallout of a life-altering event"--Provided by publisher
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