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Reader reviewed by Brenda

This book was written by the daughter of Paul Zindel, a young adult author from the 70's and 80's. It's nice to see the family talent continues.
Because of the breakup of her parent's marriage, Maggie moves from Montague, New Jersey to New York City. Her grandfather pays for her to attend the exclusive all-girl prep school; Berkley Prep. Maggie feels totally out of place with all the glittering offspring of wealthy business moguls and media tycoons. Then, one night she sneaks into a (need a word) party with the cream de la cream of the school and their boyfriends and just happens to save the most glittering of all the butterflies, Victoria and her bf Lexi from getting caught by Victoria's father. Once she's noticed by the glitterati, it doesn't take long before she's
invited to join the Revelers, a very small select legacy group at Berkley. The group seems great to Maggie, at first, with new friends and the use of their ritzy homes and weekend getaways. But Maggie has some reservations about the Revelers habit of tracking all their classmates secrets on a place they call The Wall. But just writing down their secrets doesn't harm anyone, does it? After all Victoria's mother did the same thing when she went to Berkley.

Well written with characters that are not as superficial as they might seem on the surface. None of the characters actively means to hurt anyone, so they're not the cliched spoiled witches that appear in so many other teen books. This was an engrossing book from beginning to end.
Much better than Gossip Girls!