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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2018 | Young Adult
Gr 8 Up—Claudia McCarthy is the (possibly unreliable) narrator of this modern take on I, Claudius. She leads readers through four years at the exclusive Los Angeles Imperial Day Academy. The teen is an amateur historian and an outsider who becomes more and more enmeshed in the inner political circle of the student senate and honor council. There are no friends at Imperial Day, only potential supporters and advers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
Imperial Day Academy's student senate and honor council wield great authority. When Claudia McCarthy realizes how nasty high-school politics taint these institutio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
Imperial Day Academy's student senate and honor council wield great authority. When Claudia McCarthy realizes how nasty high-school politics taint these institutio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More