Better Than Yesterday

NYPL Book For The Teen Age 2007.

Out in paperback from Delacorte Press. Order on Amazon HERE.

From BOOKLIST:

Imagine the Gossip Girl books set during summer school, with fewer characters and a more serious bent. In her debut novel, Schneider…captures the pressure-cooker atmosphere of prep school and delivers realistic teen thoughts and dialogue. After Blake, a fellow student with a troubled past, disappears to New York, Skylar and Charley, the two top students at Hilliard Preparatory School, follow, believing that they need to rescue him. As they search through the glamorous, young party circuit in Manhattan, they gain new insights into themselves and their relationships. Schneider includes lots of references to sexual activity and drinking, and, like the Gossip Girls books, the designer labels and pop-culture references will ultimately date this title. This is a fun, fast read, though, filled with characters who prove that money can’t buy happiness. References to classic literature, including cleverly titled chapters, may inspire readers to seek out the original texts.