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After impulsively lying his way into an exclusive preparatory school, sophomore Bobby Steele seeks to distance himself from the stigma of his father’s well-publicized incarceration. Yet the student’s hidden truth remains a looming threat, and the realities of identity, family dynamics, and social class permeate his new environment.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Ralph J. Fletcher
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