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Synopsis
Kate Melvil and her uncle George (who is actually two years younger than Kate) are new students at the exclusive Whittaker Magnet School--a school that boasts the highest test scores in the nation. Life at the school is very strange--classes are taught in a windowless basement and the focus is solely on how to improve standardized testing scores. Additionally, the students are forced to drink strange tasting protein shakes, and the only physical fitness regime they engage in is working out on treadmills. To make matters worse, the school itself seems to be haunted by a demon with murder on its mind. Will George and Kate be able to uncover the dark secret hidden within the bland walls of Whittaker Magnet?, When fourteen-year-old Kate and her twelve-year-old genius-uncle George are transferred to a magnet school for the gifted, they quickly discover that everything is amiss and danger lurks in unexpected places.
| Size | | Length: | 440 pages | | Height: | 7.3 in | | Width: | 4.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Kate was flying. She was thinking beautiful thoughts, and she was flying."
Industry Reviews
"Adults will relish this wild satire on modern education; young readers will enjoy the horror-story trappings of ghosts, bizarre occurrences, demonic possession, and the big, dark school that looks like Dracula's castle. A creation with wide appeal."
Kirkus (02/15/2004)
"[Bloor] has spun an ingenious, intricate tale that's as astute as it is entertaining."
New York Times Book Review - Sandy MacDonald (04/18/2004)
"[A] highly original, laceratingly irreverent satire."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Deborah Stevenson (04/01/2004)
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