The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsay Lee Johnson

Welcome to the beautiful upper class town of Mill Valley. Middle school is where kids begin to find themselves and for one loner and a group of popular kids the journey will end in tragedy. We follow these kids through high school where they act as if nothing bad can ever happen to them. Their parents pay the bills and pretty much ignore them as they tolerate the trips to visit the school refusing to believe the worst. Kids will be kids, not my kid etc is the norm but we see what really is going on behind the scenes. When one teacher goes out of her way and begins to care she thinks she has broken the shell and gained their trust but part of this journey is the realization of how little control either party has. You hope that this isn't how it really is for the teachers and the kids but this could be any kids, in any school, in any town.