The Mockingbirds
The Mockingbirds
Daisy Whitney
Alex's junior year starts out all wrong. At first it seems great. She is back at prestigious boarding school Themis Academy, where her sister went before her. She is the best pianist in the school and has a new teacher who graduated for Julliard, where she hopes to go to college. She is rooming with her best friends. And on the first Friday they are allowed special Junior privileges to go off campus, her favorite band is playing in town. But that night things take a wrong turn, and she wakes up the next morning in the bed of a guy she barely knows. What happened? Did she actually have sex with this guy? This is not how she pictured losing her virginity, after waiting so long for the right guy...how could this have happened? Her sister and her best friend quickly realize what she can't comprehend: Alex was victim of date rape. But the school is notorious for not disciplining its bright and brilliant students. To get justice, Alex will need to go to The Mockingbirds, a secret society that works to make things right when the school looks the other way. But can she trust them? Can she trust anyone?
A riveting and solid read that will be passed between girls, both as a warning and an empowering salve. Refreshingly free of supernatural elements, focusing instead on real life issues of power and abuse. Base in the author's own college experience with date rape, readers will recognize the honesty in the writing, as Alex struggles through shock, loss, and eventually reclaims herself. Great read for high school and up.