num_pages: 336
description: A striking debut novel about racism on elite college campuses. Fans of Dear White People will embrace this activist-centered contemporary novel about a college freshman grappling with the challenges of attending an elite university with a disturbing racist history--that may not be as distant as it seems.Savannah Howard sacrificed her high school social life to make sure she got into a top college. Her sites were set on an HBCU but when she is accepted to the ivy-covered walls of Wooddale University on a full ride how can she say no?Wooddale is far from the perfectly manicured community it sells on its brochures though. Savannah has barely unpacked before she comes face-to-face with microagressions stemming from racism and elitism. Then Clive Wilmington's statue is vandalized with blackface. The prime suspect? Lucas Cunningham Wooddale's most popular student and son to a local prominent family. Soon Savannah is unearthing the hidden secrets of Wooddale's racist history. But what's the price for standing up for what is right? And will telling the truth about Wooddale's past cost Savannah her own future?A stunning challenging and timely debut about racism and privilege on college campuses.
language: English
title: Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman
publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers