Better Than Yesterday

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Random House Children's Books, Aug 12, 2008 - Young Adult Fiction - 240 pages
At the elite Hilliard Preparatory School, the competition is fierce, the gossip is worse, and Blake Dorsey has just arrived back on campus after an unexplained two-year absence.

Skylar Banks has a hunch Blake's in trouble. Skylar's the most likely candidate for valedictorian, but she's no stranger to tricky situations herself. She's got a reputation for taking her relationships straight from JV to varsity, and that rep is about to catch up with her.

Charley Morton doesn't have time for Blake's problems—not if he plans to get into Harvard like his parents expect, or to win over his dream girl (a.k.a. Skylar). But then Blake takes off for New York City, and Charley, Skylar, and her roommate, Marissa, have no choice but to risk their perfect transcripts to find him. It's a journey that will change the way they see each other— and themselves—forever.
 

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Contents

Out Out Damned Spotlight
1
For Those About to Rock the Boat
12
Of Mice and Mensa Members
23
Raindrops Are Falling on My Prank
44
To Hell in a Handbag
56
Gin Rum
67
Dorm Room of Ill Repute
86
100 Beers of Solitude
106
Dress Your Family in Corduroy
130
New York State of Mind Control
137
Vanity Unfair
158
Much Ado About
169
Far from the Madison Avenue Crowd
183
Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow
192
When Helliard Freezes Over
200
To Be or Not to Be Valedictorian
211

Get Lost in a Good Bookmark
115
It Is a Far Far Crazier Thing I
122

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About the author (2008)

Robyn Schneider grew up in Orange County, California, and is a student at Barnard College of Columbia University. She began writing Better than Yesterday, her debut novel, when she was in high school.

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