The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant: Book One of the V Trilogy (V Trilogy)

by Joanna Wiebe

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So many secrets for such a small island. From the moment Anne Merchant arrives at Cania Christy, a boarding school for the world's wealthiest teens, the hushed truths of this strange, unfamiliar land begin calling to her-sometimes as lulling drumbeats in the night, sometimes as piercing shrieks. One by one, unanswered questions rise. No one will tell her why a line is painted across the island or why she is forbidden to cross it. Her every move-even her performance at the school dance-is graded as part of a competition to become valedictorian, a title that brings rewards no one will talk about. And Anne discovers that the parents of her peers surrender million-dollar possessions to enroll their kids in Cania Christy, leaving her to wonder what her lowly funeral director father could have paid to get her in...and why. As a beautiful senior struggles to help Anne make sense of this cloak-and-dagger world without breaking the rules that bind him, she must summon the courage to face the impossible truth-and change it-before she and everyone she loves is destroyed by it.
  • ISBN10 1939529328
  • ISBN13 9781939529329
  • Publish Date 14 January 2014
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 15 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint BenBella Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English