We Regret to Inform You by Ariel Kaplan
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers on August 21st 2018
ISBN: 1524773700
Pages: 345
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Mischa Abramavicius is a scholarship student at an elite private school. She has top grades and has curated her activities to create the perfect resume. So when Admissions Day for the Ivies and other top schools comes, Mischa expects to be just as jubilant as everyone else when her phone pings with acceptance emails, except it doesn’t. Mischa does not get into to Princeton, Harvard, Georgetown, Williams, or Virginia Polytech. Then when her safety school, Revere, does not accept her Mischa knows it cannot just be the A- she received in PE freshman year. After bursting into the Revere Admissions Office, Mischa suspects her information has been hacked. In the wake of the recent College Cheating Scandal, this book was even more interesting to read. Readers will question what it takes (both ethically and unethically) to get into a top college.

Recommended for grades 9 and up (just not for Seniors in the middle of the college application process!).

Elizabeth Andersen, Librarian, Westbrook High School