The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

How little effort could I put in and still get an A? I wasn’t lazy. I was practical.

Billions, with a b and plural.

Better the devil you know than the one you don’t—or is it? Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. All that glitters is not gold. Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked. “Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”