Crunch Time

The thought of the SATs makes Daisy, Leo, Jane, and Max just crazy. Daisy thinks the whole system is bogus. Leo thinks testing’s a game you play to win; not good for Max, who’s convinced he’s a loser. And Jane couldn’t care less about the whole thing. So when the four of them decide to bag the SAT prep class before junior year at Dewey, they form their own study group, a haven from the dog-eat-dog college-acceptance competition.

Pregroup, Max has loved Daisy, his best friend. Daisy has loved basketball. Leo, it seems, has loved Leo. And Jane the unloved (except by her stepdad, rumor goes) has loved none of the above. As they discover, rivalry and rejection aren’t limited to the race for the Ivy Leagues—love has a scoring system all its own.

Then—oops!—it’s discovered that someone has cheated on the SATs. Everyone—adults included—in this vivid, funny, four-voiced novel has a reaction, a theory, and a new worry.