false 1915865 3 When Catherine Morrow is admitted to the Esther Percy School for Girls, it's on the condition that she reform her ways. But that's before the charismatic and beautiful Skye Butterfield, daughter of the famous Senator Butterfield, chooses Catherine for her best friend. Skye is a young woman hell-bent on a trajectory of self-destruction, and she doesn't care who is taken down with her. No matter the transgression&#8212;a stolen credit card, a cocaine binge, an affair with a teacher, an accident that precipitates the end of Catherine's promising riding career&#8212;Catherine can neither resist Skye's spell nor stop her downward spiral.<br> <br> De Gramont's chilling novel is a portrait of an adolescent girl so thoroughly seduced by a peer that she willingly follows her to ruin. Caught in a world that is both appealing and astonishing, these young women are sexual beings with the minds of teenagers: willful, selfish, daring, and cruel&#8212;all the while believing they're utterly indestructible. 1917899 10 6 2008 Gossip of the Starlings total:345|5:32|4:87|3:139|2:70|1:17| 345 1082 662 103 1 4 false true Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 06:12:14 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 08:09:05 -0700 2008
First, the over reliance on drug use as a major theme in pre-college boarding school is plain absurd. Whoever t...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Aug 03 08:09:55 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 14:16:52 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 08:09:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 04:43:23 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 09:53:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 25 15:00:35 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 15:00:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:42:10 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:42:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false true Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 16:03:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 09:17:58 -0700 2009
Having read that she, too, went to a prep school and that she id...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 15:08:38 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 08:10:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:17:13 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:33:21 -0700 2009
The only character that I had any feelings for was John Paul. After finishing this novel more than a day ago, I am still unnerved about his "ending"....more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:13:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 13:49:33 -0700 2009 Catherine Morrow was supposedly expelled from Waverly after she and her boyfriend John Paul were caught in bed. Upon her arrival a...more...]]> 3 12 false false Wed Sep 09 13:32:29 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 13:40:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 13 18:58:15 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:56:13 -0800 2008
Gossip of the Starlings is the story of two girls (Catherine and Skye) and their friendship while attending an all girls boarding school. Catherine i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 09:33:13 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 09:42:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 13:04:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 19:46:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:20:22 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:00:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:21:11 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 13:08:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 08:03:43 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 06:34:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 23 11:00:32 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:11:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:22:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:06:09 -0700 2009 1 A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Instead of being set during World War II, this is set during the 80s, when apparently cocaine was the drug of choice for young women at a boarding school. It is told from the point of view of one teenager, who is bef...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:48:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 23:07:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 03 10:33:28 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 10:47:04 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1915865