The Last Academy by Anne Applegate - ADVISABLE

Applegate, Anne The Last Academy, 316 p. Point (Scholastic), 2013.  $17.  Language: G; Mature Content: G (gossip); Violence: PG (bullying).  

After a terrible fight with her best friend Lia, Camden leaves for boarding school without saying goodbye.  Her new school, Lethe, seems to be fairly typical – upper crust, snotty roommates, gorgeous prepster boys and lots of homework.  But something is not quite right.  Barnaby Charon, a weird man Camden met on the plane over, is also at the school – seeming to come in and out as he pleases.  Plus, students are disappearing and Camden is taking the blame – blame she does not deserve.  Little by little Camden starts putting the clues together.  

Adults – you probably can put it all together, just from those couple of names, but shhhhh – don’t give anything away.  Even though I was many times frustrated by the plotting, I will tell you that I cried and cried during the last few pages.  The cover is a perfect compliment to the story.  

MS, HS – ADVISABLE.  Cindy, Library Teacher