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  • THE OVERACHIEVERS: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids. by Robbins, Alexandra.
    Robbins, Alexandra.
    THE OVERACHIEVERS: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "With record numbers of students competing fiercely to get into college, schools are no longer primarily places of learning. ... In this increasingly stressful environment, kids aren't defined by their character or hunger for knowledge, but by often arbitrary scores and statistics. ...Robbins tackles hard-hitting issues such as the student and teacher cheating epidemic, over-testing, sports rage, the black market for study drugs, and a college admissions process so cutthroat that some students are driven to depression and suicide because of a B." Endnotes. 435 pp. ISBN: 1401302017.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 40875
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  • THE TAKER. by Steele, J. M.
    Steele, J. M.
    THE TAKER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion, (2006). First edition - The first novel written under this pseudonym. Told in a light and breezy way by Carly, who thinks her admission to Princeton is a sure thing, until she tanks on the SATs, this is underneath a serious story of the pressures put on high school kids to cheat when it comes to tests and college admissions. 350 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87554
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