Ari, having transferred to an elite Manhattan prep school after receiving a large inheritance and been introduced to the glamorous side of New York by wealthy student Leigh, begins dating Leigh's cousin Blake, but when her parents start to worry about how close she has gotten to Blake and he pulls away after his family suffers misfortune, Ari is forced to reevaluate their intense relationship.
year: 2011
call number/section: 1000
subjects: dysfunctional families, juvenile fiction, artists, schools, families, new york, coming of age, fiction, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), juvenile fiction, fiction