Admission

I picked this book up because I’d read and loved other books by Julie Buxbaum and was looking for a book I’d fall in love with. And boom! From page one, when Chloe opens her front door expecting an Amazon package but finds instead a phalanx of armed FBI agents, I am completely engaged.

I also loved the depth of the story and the twists it takes, unfolding into an exploration of privilege, parental love, and what it means to trust your child. Chloe, her parents, her brilliant sister, and her best friend are all richly drawn and complex characters.… show more.

This is an engrossing novel with big ripped-from-the-headlines vibes. Told from the point of view of high school senior Chloe Berringer, whose Lori Loughlin-like actress mother becomes ensnared in a college admissions scandal, Buxbaum’s story expertly imagines the impact of such a scandal might have on a young college applicant and her family. Using a Now/Then format, Buxbaum’s juicy and compelling story provides a many-layered and fascinating peek under the veil of one family’s secrets and lies in the name of Operation-Varsity-Blues-style ambition. And although Admission was originally classified as a Young Adult novel, we feel confident recommending it to… show more.