I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased opinion. 
 New teacher Molly Nicoll teaches 11th grade English at Valley High in Marin County, California. Fresh out of school, she tries to relate to her students and to get to know what is going on in their lives outside her classroom. Unbeknownst to her, several of her students were at the center of a tragedy that happened their 8th grade year, and all of her students have dark secrets they don't show in her class. 
 I felt like this book tried to cover every possible scandal or problem a teenager could encounter. The story felt like a soap opera as opposed to reality. I wasn't a huge fan of the way, after getting a long narrative about one student's life, they would often fade into the background and remain there for the rest of the book. These narratives felt like short stories stuck into the middle of the novel. I felt like the story could have been better executed by focusing on a few of the students/storylines and going into more depth with them. The author could even have turned it into a series if she wanted to cover all the topics. It wasn't a bad story but, in my opinion, could have been better executed.