In Westernhall High, there's been a new segment in the school paper. The new segment is called 'Letters to Juliet' which offers advice of love to any girl in Westernhall high. And the one behind the name 'Juliet' is... well, me. So this one girl writes to me one day that her boy friend has been cheating on her all along. And of course, being the one who gets these kinds of letters almost every time, I send her my reply, telling her my advice. And she does it. And now her boy friend wants to know me, and I know him. He's Mitch Adams. He's one of the most popular guys in school, and definitely a player. What am I gonna do? A devil's out to beat me because I gave my "truthful advice" to an innocent girl... If only there was a Juliet for me...

Delaney Escott lives in a world where popularity reigns supreme. If you want to be noticed, social status is everything. The government is run by the Superiors: a very exclusive group of individuals who are virtually flawless. They are smarter than us and stronger than us, and to join their ranks is the highest honor. The Superiors pay an annual visit to the top schools in the nation and evaluate the students, choosing one boy and one girl - the most Popular in the school - to go the Capitol and train for Superiority. Delaney thinks that she's the only one indifferent to (and perhaps even suspicious of) the Superiors, until Caleb Payne, the most popular boy in school, approaches her with a request. He has a task for her, one that he believes she is uniquely capable of completing. And as she helps him, Delaney discovers that the government is hiding many secrets - and that the truth of the Superiors is far from what people believe it to be. [Watty Awards 2012 Winner, Science-Fiction: On the Rise]