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Title details for The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward - Available

The St. Ambrose School for Girls

by Jessica Ward
Gail Shalan
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The newest student at the elite St. Ambrose School for Girls must navigate a sinister social clique and the treachery of her own mind in this "complex psychological thriller" (CrimeReads) that is perfect for fans of Megan Miranda and Layne Fargo.
When Sarah Taylor arrives at the exclusive St. Ambrose School, she's carrying more baggage than just her suitcase. She knows she's not like the other girls—if her shabby, all-black, non-designer clothes don't give that away, the bottle of lithium hidden in her desk drawer sure does.

St. Ambrose's queen bee, Greta Stanhope, picks Sarah as a target from day one, and she is relentless in making sure Sarah knows what the pecking order is. Thankfully, Sarah makes an ally out of her roommate Ellen "Strots" Strotsberry, a cigarette-smoking, devil-may-care athlete who takes no bullcrap. Also down the hall is Nick Hollis, the devastatingly handsome RA, and the object of more than one St. Ambrose student's fantasies. Between Strots and Nick, Sarah hopes she can make it through the semester, dealing with not only her schoolwork and a recent bipolar diagnosis, but Greta's increasingly malicious pranks.

Sarah is determined not to give Greta the satisfaction of breaking her. But when scandal unfolds, and someone ends up dead, her world threatens to unravel in ways she could never have imagined in this delicious, "riveting, twisty read" (Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author) that will stay with you long after you turn the last page.

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    July 11, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781797154855
      • File size: 339399 KB
      • Duration: 11:47:04

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 15, 2023
      Ward (the Black Dagger Brotherhood series) delivers a diffuse slice of dark academia set in the rarefied halls of the titular school. The year is 1991, and 15-year-old narrator Sarah Taylor has been admitted to the prestigious Greensboro, Mass., institution on scholarship. On the first day of school, Sarah, in her black clothes and steel-toed boots, feels out of place among the other girls, “who look like they’ve stepped out of the rainbow page of a United Colors of Benetton ad.” Her foreboding is justified: she’s soon being bullied by a clique of mean girls captained by the slim, blonde Greta Stanhope. What’s more, Sarah has recently been diagnosed as bipolar and is on daily doses of lithium to keep her tethered to reality; as a result, there’s a smudgy line between real events and those she imagines. When someone turns up dead, that blurriness becomes a major problem for Sarah and everyone around her. The novel begins well, with strong characters and effectively blunt prose, but Ward takes so long to get to the meat of the action that it begins to feel indulgent. Before they reach the solid conclusion, many readers will have drifted away. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (July)Correction: An earlier version of this review misidentified the author.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      It's 1991, and Sarah Taylor has been accepted to the St. Ambrose School for Girls in Greensboro, MA. With her old clothes and her new accessory, a bottle of lithium to treat her recently diagnosed bipolar disorder, she feels horribly different and alone. When Greta, the school's most popular girl, makes Sarah her target, Sarah finds allies in resident adviser Nick and her roommate Ellen, a rebel in her own right. As Greta's pranks worsen, Sarah struggles to balance school, the constant bullying, and her fragile mental state. Then a murder occurs, and her world comes apart. Ward, who writes paranormal romance as J.R. Ward and contemporary romance as Jessica Bird, explores a new genre with this gripping coming-of-age story. Narrator Gail Shalan captures the struggles of a teen set apart by factors she cannot control in a place of entrenched social hierarchies. Shalan's narration ratchets up the tension as malicious pranks turn deadly. VERDICT Listeners will be grabbed by this twisty thriller from the outset. A gripping thriller for fans of Lisa Lutz's The Swallows or Ruth Ware's The Lying Game.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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