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Moral compass : a novel / Danielle Steel.

Steel, Danielle, (author.).

Summary:

Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League, and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs. Traditionally a boys-only school, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled one hundred and forty female students for the first time. Even though most of the kids on the campus have all the privilege in the world, some are struggling, wounded by their parents' bitter divorces, dealing with insecurity and loneliness. In such a heightened environment, even the smallest spark can become a raging fire. One day after the school's annual Halloween event, a student lies in the hospital, her system poisoned by dangerous levels of alcohol. Everyone in this sheltered community--parents, teachers, students, police, and the media--are left trying to figure out what actually happened. Only the handful of students who were there when she was attacked truly know the answers and they have vowed to keep one another's secrets. As details from the evening emerge, powerful families are forced to hire attorneys and less powerful families watch helplessly. Parents' marriages are jeopardized, and students' futures are impacted. No one at Saint Ambrose can escape the fallout of a life-altering event. In this compelling novel, Danielle Steel illuminates the dark side of one drunken night, with its tragic consequences, from every possible point of view. As the drama unfolds, the characters will reach a crossroads where they must choose between truth and lies, between what is easy and what is right, and find the moral compass they will need for the rest of their lives.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399179532 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 275 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2020]
Subject: Criminal investigation > Fiction.
Divorce > Fiction.
Marriage > Fiction
Parents and Children > Fiction
Police Investigation > Fiction
Secrets > Fiction
Siblings > Fiction
Women > Crimes Against > Fiction
Rape > Fiction
Sexual Assault > Fiction
Sexual Crime > Fiction
Preparatory schools > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Massachusetts > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 20 of 21 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library Stee (Text) 33294002072486 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -

  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2019 August

    Massachusetts-based Saint Ambrose Prep, where the wealthy send their children so they, too, can become Ivy League top dogs, has enrolled female students for the first time. By Halloween, one young woman has landed in the hospital, and the few students who know what happened have sworn one another to secrecy.

    Copyright 2019 Library Journal.

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