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Sarah, a scholarship student who feels like an outcast at her new private school, distances herself from her classmates during a field trip to the Everglades, with near-disastrous results. Rorby suspensefully captures the otherworldly atmosphere of this singular setting; somewhat less successful is the forced-seeming social commentary. Nevertheless, it's an exciting read.