![]() ![]() She has just gotten out of rehab and is attempting to win back trust and respect from her mother and her friends. Xander is on the spectrum, but is incredible at chess and math. Lauren is a widow and has two extremely gifted children, Tessa and Xander. Samantha and her husband, who was on the city council and came from old money, have a beautiful and slightly spoiled daughter named Emma Z. Rose, a neurosurgeon, and Gareth, a failed writer, were married and have an intelligent daughter named Emma Q. They all have children in elementary school, and they all spend lots of time talking about where to send them for high school. The four main women are introduced as they meet up for cocktails: Rose, Samantha, Azra, and Lauren. The first chapter, depicted in past tense (as all chapters moving forward are) starts months before, when no one in Crystal had even heard of the academy. Part 1 opens with an ad in the New York Times for the Head of School at Crystal Academy. The novel begins with a present-tense prologue in media res that depicts Emma Z taking the CogPro test as a way to gain admission into Crystal Academy. ![]() The following version of this novel was used: Holsinger, Brian. ![]()
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