The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant: Book One of the V Trilogy - Tapa dura

"This story will envelop you in its mysteries, surprise you with its plot twists, and keep you guessing even to the last page." --San Francisco Book Review "Even when readers think they have it all figured out, Wiebe delivers a blow that will keep them energized and panting for the next installment." --VOYA Library Journal for Young Adults "From the very first pages, I was spellbound by this deliciously dark tale of mysterious attraction, cutthroat ambition, and how far we will go to keep the ones we love." --Amy Plum, international bestselling author "An original, breathtakingly written, and often chilling tale of what lengths people will go to for love. Joanna Wiebe has crafted a book that is unputdownable. Joanna has officially made my instant buy list." --Lindsey R. Loucks, author of The Grave Winner "She had me at the introduction of the spooky setting--the kind of stuff readers can lose themselves in. Joanna Wiebe is a fun new author to be on the lookout for!" --Wendy Higgins, author of The Sweet Trilogy "School grounds shrouded in mystery, beautiful student body obsessed with the race to be valedictorian, and a gorgeous, infuriating, unobtainable guy. Welcome to Cania Christy." --A.E. Rought, author of Broken

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.