Ratings follow everyone in the society created by author Melissa Grey. Maplethorpe students compete to keep their ratings as high as possible in hopes of earning spots at top colleges and top careers in the future. Ratings are connected to not only school work, but also social situations, behavior, and more.
In the days after the defacement of the school's entrance, there is an attack on a statue of the school's founder and creator of the rating system. Notes including an odd poem are also left for a small group of students. Bex, an honor student, Hana and Chase, both school athletes, Tasmin, known as the Maplethorpe witch, as well as Javi and Noah, both viewed as loners. Circumstances bring this group together, and as they begin to compare the notes they received, they suspect some sinister is involved in the ratings.
Each member of this interesting group is dealing with the ratings in their own unique ways. Can they figure out who is responsible for the vandalism? Despite their diversity, can they work together to solve not only this mystery but also help each other with their personal issues?
Author Melissa Grey takes readers into what might be the not too distant future to view a society that values rankings rather than individuals. Life has become all about keeping your rating high or losing every thing.
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