num_pages: 406
description: A New York Times Bestseller Lee Fiora is an intelligent, observant fourteen-year-old when her father drops her off in front of her dorm at the prestigious Ault School in Massachusetts. Lee soon learns that Ault is a cloistered world of jaded, attractive teenagers who summer on Nantucket and speak in their own shorthand. Both intimidated and fascinated by her classmates, Lee becomes a shrewd observer of - and eventually a participant in - their rituals and mores.
language: English
title: Prep - A Novel
titlecomplete: Prep - A Novel
characters: Martha Porter, Aubrey, Sin Jun, David Bardo, Lee Fiora, Dede Schwartz, Aspeth Montgomery, Conchita Maxwell, Cross Sugarman
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Adult, Chick Lit, Novels, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Adult Fiction, Boarding School
ratings_count: 68191
places: Massachusetts, South Bend, Indiana
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist
publisher: PICADOR