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I think all school counselors need to read this book. Maybe not because they have already lived it. Perfect lives, perfect grades, high ambitions (another MIT bound kid who is putting all his mother's hopes and dreams into getting into this school). With a slew of kids who are committing suicide, there are other students who are seeing that they need to do something about it. Mallory, who is the cheerleader extraordinaire, Simone who is the artistic Londoner transplant questioning the bizarre strains on students, Nate who is the soccer champion just trying to make everyone happy, Stephen, Braedon, Owen, etc. All kids we get to know and feel like we are in the trenches with them. Parents who try their best, but missing the mark by a lot. There are so many emotions in the book. Well written, pretty accurate, and definitely a good one for student empowerment to help each other in crises.