Trust Exercise

An Indie Next PickIn an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarefied bubble. When freshmen David and Sarah fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticed ― or untoyed with ― by anyone, especially their charismatic acting teacher, Mr. Kingsley. The outside world fails to penetrate this school's walls ― until it does, in a shocking spiral of events that catapults the action forward in time and flips the premise upside-down. But not until the book's stunning coda does the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place ― revealing truths that will resonate long after the final sentence.