Whitney, Daisy. The Mockingbirds. New York: Little, Brown, 2010.
ISBN: 9780316090537 | Hardcover | $16.99 USD.
Annotation: When Alex is date raped during her junior year at an elite boarding school, she turns to the Mockingbirds, a secret student society, for help. This honest, coming of age novel explores the realistic emotional turmoil that is tied to issues of drinking, sex and violence.
Award / Honors:
- Amelia Bloomer Lists - Young Adult Fiction: 2012
- Association of Booksellers for Children New Voices Pick 2010
- Best Book for Young Adults - American Library Association
- Chicago Public Library Best of Best Books for Teens 2010
- Goodreads Mover and Shaker 2010
- Indie Next List Pick
- NPR Best Book of 2010
- Romantic Times Best Book of 2010
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2011
Wrap Back Booktalk: Themis Academy seems like a nice New England boarding school, full of model students. But one morning, Alex wakes up in bed with a strange classmate and she can't remember anything from the night before. When she realizes she was the victim of date rape, she doesn't know where to turn. Adults at the school are no help. They pretend all the students are perfect. Troublesome students would only make Themis look bad, so the faculty turns a blind eye. What is Alex supposed to do? Do students at Themis just get away with bullying and cheating and date rape? Not if the students can help it. WIth no adult supervision, the students at Themis have developed their own underground justice system, inspired by Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. As Alex begins to remember bits and pieces of the night, she seeks justice for her attacker with the help of The Mockingbirds.
Learn more about the author and The Mockingbirds sequel, The Rivals, from the Daisy Whitney's website: http://daisywhitney.com/
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