Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman

<b>A striking debut novel about a college freshman grappling with the challenges of attending an elite university with a disturbing racist history which may not be as distant as it seems.</b><br><br><b>A searing debut.&#148; <i>&#150;Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br> <b></b><br>Savannah Howard thought everyone followed the same checklist to get into Wooddale University:<br><li>Take the hardest classes</li><li>Get perfect grades</li><li>Give up a social life to score a full ride to a top school</li>&#160;<br>But now that she&#146;s on campus it&#146;s clear there&#146;s a different rule book. Take student body president campus royalty and racist jerk Lucas Cunningham. It&#146;s no secret money bought his acceptance letter. And he&#146;s not the only one. Savannah tries to keep to head down but when the statue of the university&#146;s first Black president is vandalized how can she look away? Someone has to put a stop to the injustice. But will telling the truth about Wooddale&#146;s racist past cost Savannah her own future?<br>&#160;<br>First-time novelist Kristen R. Lee delivers a page-turning thought-provoking story that exposes racism and hypocrisy on college campuses and champions those who refuse to let it continue.