Master Class by Christina Dalcher
From the critically-acclaimed author of the international bestseller VOX comes a suspenseful new novel that examines a disturbing near future where harsh realities follow from unreachable standards. It's impossible to know what you will do... Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and attend a top tier school with a golden future. Score too low, and it's off to a federal boarding school with limited prospects afterwards. The purpose? An improved society where education costs drop, teachers focus on the more promising students, and parents are happy. When your child is taken from you. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state's elite schools. When her nine-year-old daughter bombs a monthly test and her Q score drops to a disastrously low level, she is immediately forced to leave her top school for a federal institution hundreds of miles away. As a teacher, Elena thought she understood the tiered educational system, but as a mother whose child is now gone, Elena's perspective is changed forever. She just wants her daughter back. And she will do the unthinkable to make it happen.Georgetown University awarded Christina Dalcher a doctorate in theoretical linguistics. She has taught at numerous universities and specializes in the phonetics of sound change in Italian and British accents. Her short stories and flash fiction have been published in over a hundred periodicals around the world. First place in the Bath Flash Fiction Competition, nominations for the Pushcart Prize, and numerous other honors are among the accolades. Her spouse and she live in Norfolk, Virginia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780440000846 |
| ISBN 10 | 044000084X |
| Title | Master Class |
| Author | Christina Dalcher |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2021-03-09 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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