Escape Theory
- Author Margaux Froley
- Narrator Amanda Dolan
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 12 March 2013
- Run Time 7 hours and 52 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and bereavement.
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What to expect
Sixteen-year-old Devon Mackintosh has always felt like an outsider at Keaton, the prestigious California boarding school perched above the Pacific. As long as she's not fitting in, Devon figures she might as well pad her application to Stanford's psych program. So junior year, she decides to become a peer counselor, a de facto therapist for students in crisis. At first, it seems like it will be an easy fly-on-the-wall gig, but her expectations are turned upside down when Jason Hutchins (a.k.a. "Hutch"), one of the Keaton's most popular students, commits suicide.
Devon dives into her new role providing support for Hutch's friends, but she's haunted by her own attachment to him. The two shared an extraordinary night during their first week freshman year; it was the only time at Keaton when she felt like someone else really understood her. As the secrets and confessions pile up in her sessions, Devon comes to a startling conclusion: Hutch couldn't have taken his own life. Bound by her oath of confidentiality—and tortured by her unrequited love—Devon embarks on a solitary mission to get to the bottom of Hutch's death … and the stakes are higher than she ever could have imagined.
Critics Review
u201cEscape Theory kept me up way pastncurfew, with no regrets.u201d
u201cThis fast-paced novel weaves emotionally richncharacters into a complex web of unspoken rules and painful secretsu2026An engagingntitle with thoughtful characters.u201d
u201cFroley infuses this story with layered andninteresting characters that keep the reader guessing [about]u2026the super-rich,ncomplicated student body of Keaton School. If this debut novel is anynindication of the quality of those to succeed it, the series should have angreat following.u201d
u201cThis is Froleyu2019s first novel and and I canu2019tnwait for her to bring another book out. I loved the strong lead characters andnfinally a teen girl who doesnu2019t give everything up for the perfect guyu2014Devonu2019snguy is far from it. If you like a mystery, a good teen story, or a bunch ofnvery different characters, this is for you.u201d
u201cWell worth a read.u201d
u201cEscape Theory is a rivetingnpsychological journeyu2014Margaux Froley truly nails it. The characters sing on thenpages, the mystery leaves you breathless, and the world is spooky butnrecognizableu2014you feel like youu2019re in the thick of things with Devon every stepnof the way. I will never think of Nutter Butters the same again, and I canu2019tnwait for the next Keaton School installment!u201d
u201cA sexy, smart page-turner, a must read!u201d
u201cA stellar debutu2026With a heady mix of mystery andnemotional turmoil, Froley gives readers compelling character development.u201d
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