Based on the song "The Ballad of Sara Berry" from 35MM: A Musical Exhibition, The Queen of High School Land is a gripping tale of ambition gone awry.
Sara Berry, the embodiment of high school royalty, is determined to win prom queen at any cost. With beauty, wealth, and popularity on her side, Sara seems unbeatable-until a pity vote thrusts Julie Jenkins, an underdog with a prosthetic leg, into the running. As Sara's obsession with the crown deepens, her sanity begins to unravel, leading to a night of unexpected violence and dark secrets. When Julie narrowly escapes Sara's wrath, she becomes the unlikely hero who exposes the true cost of Sara's relentless drive. This thrilling novel weaves a story of jealousy, power, and the ultimate price of fame, set against the backdrop of a prom night gone terribly wrong.
Crystle White was never happy with her life. Even thought she was rich and had everything a kid could dream of. Her life was planned out to her parents liking. Crystle hated the fact she had to fallow in the foot steps of her mother. She didn't want to live in a house hold, that had everything that money could buy, but lacked the thing she most craved. LOVE. She began to sneak out and meet with the wrong crowed. To fill the void she tried everything, and got into trouble her father bailed her out of. She never speaks of the day she ran away, she never lets herself remember the reason. Instead she went to Michigan state university and tried to live her life forgetting she has a huge secret she'll never tell anyone. After her best friends ditches her to live with her boyfriends, she is forced to let a new roommate take her place, and even though he's a good friend of Ruby's. She doesn't like him. Him and his bad boy, good boy tricks. He has the potential to break her open and she knows it. Maybe this bad girls isn't as bad as she makes herself to be. We all have a soft spot, maybe Chuck Vanderwall will be the one to find hers.