Description: One of the most infamous characters from Brian's Private series spins off into her own dark world of privilege. After the death of Thomas Pearson, Ariana Osgood is safely locked away in a mental institution. But she will stop at nothing to break out and rejoin the world of the wealthy.

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Children's Literature Review: Reed Brennan escapes her pill-dependent, alcoholic mother during her sophomore year by entering an elite private school where the well-to-do students have experiences and own things that she could never afford. Although she was an outstanding student in her public high school, she feels unprepared academically and has problems with her new teachers. She wants to fit in with the legendary Billings Girls, an ultra-elite group that controls much of the social and academic lives of everyone on campus but is not very nice to others in the process. Reed does not deal with the reasons she left home, and when she does not allow her parents to visit for parents' weekend, they acquiesce. She wants to be a Billings Girl, so she does whatever dirty tasks they want her to do-break up with boyfriends, buy food in the lunch line, steal copies of tests-and she becomes a Billings Girl. She wants to date Thomas, and she does, having sex and then considering breaking up with him because he is a drug deal...

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