Accelerated A Novel

In a striking debut novel, a single father and his son discover what lies beneath the gilded façade of a tony Upper East Side private school: an endemic of over-medicated children. Every afternoon Sean Benning picks up his son, Toby, on the marble steps that lead into the prestigious Bradley School...

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Main Author: Hruska, Bronwen
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Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2012.
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