SYNOPSIS:
“Freshman Emily Kessler needs perfect grades, a rigorous training schedule, and record-breaking swim times. She survives by limiting her fun to lunch with her best friend Tina and the rare Friday-night sleepover. But when she starts to fall for Twin Branches High’s heartthrob, and secrets about her sister, Sara, start to surface, Emily begins to question the strict path her life is on. Maybe there is more to high school than just studying and swimming. But if she breaks a few rules, will she survive the consequences?” 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Max Doty is an award-winning screenwriter, game-writer and novelist. He holds a BA and an MA from Stanford University in English literature as well as an MFA in fiction writing from Arizona State University.  For the last six years, he has worked as a writer for Electronic Arts’ Surviving High School, which he has also adapted into an upcoming series of young adult novels.