"Expect depth and razor sharp wit in this YA novel from the author of The Interestings." - Entertainment Weekly

"A prep school tale with a supernatural-romance touch, from genius adult novelist Meg Wolitzer." --Glamour

"Basically everything Meg Wolitzer writes is worth reading, usually over and over again, and her YA debut . . . is no exception." --TeenVogue.com

If life were fair, Jam Gallahue would still be at home in New Jersey with her sweet British boyfriend, Reeve Maxfield. She'd be watching old comedy sketches with him. She'd be kissing him in the library stacks. She certainly wouldn't be at The Wooden Barn, a therapeutic boarding school in rural Vermont, living with a weird roommate, and signed up for an exclusive, mysterious class called Special Topics in English.But life isn't fair, and Reeve Maxfield is dead. Until a journal-writing assignment leads Jam to Belzhar, where the untainted past is restored, and Jam can feel Reeve's arms around her once again. But there are hidden truths on Jam's path to reclaim her loss.